California gold miner digging
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1851
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (tray): 3 3/4 × 3 1/8 × 3/8 inches (9.53 × 7.94 × 0.95 cm)
Case (tray): 3 3/4 × 3 1/8 × 3/8 inches (9.53 × 7.94 × 0.95 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.56.4
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a man wearing a brimmed hat with tall boots. His left foot is pressed on the head of a shovel pushing its pointed edge into the dirt filled landscape. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside the tray of a decorative leather covered wooden case with metal clasps (lid missing); the case is embossed with a floral motif.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2018;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2018.
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