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Portrait of a California gold miner with pick and shovel
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Portrait of a California gold miner with pick and shovel

Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (tray): 4 11/16 × 3 5/8 × 3/8 inches (11.91 × 9.22 × 0.97 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.279
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn paper seal, in pencil: "11/8/2017. Replaced cover glass, sealed w/ / Filmoplast P90 tape + Mylar backing S. Lewis"
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DescriptionImage of a man wearing a shirt, pants with striped belt, and a wide brimmed hat. He stands with a shovel in one hand and a pickaxe over his shoulder. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside the back tray of a decorative paper covered wooden case (lid missing).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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