California gold miners in camp
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1853
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.8 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 9 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 3/8 inches (24.13 × 14.91 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 3/4 inches (12.07 × 14.91 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 9 1/2 × 5 7/8 × 3/8 inches (24.13 × 14.91 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 5 7/8 × 3/4 inches (12.07 × 14.91 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2018.56.5
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of several men wearing hats (their shirts are colored red) gathered in front of a canvas covered log structure. One man is seated reading a newspaper. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with an embossed burgundy velvet liner inside of a decorative paper-covered case. The case depicts a winged figure in profile on the front and an abstract design on the back.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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Unknown
ca. 1850-1855
2005.27.114.A,B
