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Mining camp, California

Book TitleMining camp, California
Exhibition TitleMining camp, California
Artist Unknown
Dateca. 1856
MediumAmbrotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.8 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 9 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 9/16 inches (24.77 × 15.57 × 1.42 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 1/8 × 7/8 inches (12.07 × 15.57 × 2.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.284
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of wood structures in a heavily forested area. A group of men work with pick axes and shovels at the base of a wooden structure. This half plate ambrotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a Union case with a purple velvet liner. The cover of the case depicts a woman riding a bull with a man standing next to her and holding her hand.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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