Nine California gold miners with long tom
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1853
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.8 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.46 × 15.24 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 3/4 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.46 × 15.24 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 3/4 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.24.31
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of nine gold miners similarly dressed holding picks and shovels. Five of the men have hand-painted red shirts and stand in a sluice as the others stand nearby on the rocky shore. Narrow trees line the background. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of an unadorned leather covered wooden case with a red velvet liner.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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