Portrait of a California gold miner with poke in pocket
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1854
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (open): 3 11/16 × 6 7/16 × 3/8 inches (9.37 × 16.31 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 5/8 inches (9.37 × 8.1 × 1.6 cm)
Case (open): 3 11/16 × 6 7/16 × 3/8 inches (9.37 × 16.31 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 3 11/16 × 3 3/16 × 5/8 inches (9.37 × 8.1 × 1.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.286
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn paper seal, on plate verso, in pencil: " [?] HB / Glass changed / resealed 2/20/92"
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DescriptionImage of a man seated with left arm on chair back. He wears a collared shirt hand-tinted blue. He has a white pouch protruding from his pocket. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with a burgundy velvet liner inside of a decorative paper covered wooden case with metal clasp (broken spine). The case is decorated with a simple abstract motif and gold tooling along the perimeter.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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