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Portrait of a California gold miner with daguerreotype and letter
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Portrait of a California gold miner with daguerreotype and letter

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1852
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (tray): 4 3/4 × 3 5/8 × 3/8 inches (12.07 × 9.22 × 0.97 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.278
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn paper seal, on plate verso, in pencil: "No Hallmark / medium plate / Retaped 11-11-07 / CAW Exeter, NH / 2 corners clipped - 1 crimped / 1 side bent back"
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DescriptionImage of a bearded man seated with his arms crossed. He's holding a folded letter in his left hand and an open cased daguerreotype in his right. His shirt is partially unbuttoned revealing hair on his chest and he looks into the camera with a furrowed brow. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside the back tray of a decorative paper covered wooden case (lid missing) with blue velvet trim and gold tooling along the perimeter.Provenance
The Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;   
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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