Portrait of a California miner with pan of gold
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1852
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (sixth): 3 1/4 × 2 3/4 inches (8.26 × 6.99 cm)
Case (tray): 3 5/8 × 3 3/16 × 3/8 inches (9.21 × 8.1 × 0.95 cm)
Case (tray): 3 5/8 × 3 3/16 × 3/8 inches (9.21 × 8.1 × 0.95 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2019.22.39
Signednone
InscribedOn paper liner, in tray behind plate, top, in pencil: "Among Albert Southworth's / business journals at GEM / is listed a daguerreotypist / named Stewart From / Gardiner, Me.".
MarkingsTiny labeled adhered to glass recto, lower left corner, in red type: "AO1099"
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DescriptionImage of a seated man with a beard holding a metal pan filled with a small pile of gold (hand-tinted). He is wearing a brimmed hat, long-sleeved shirt, and pants with suspenders. This sixth plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat inside the back tray of a decorative paper-covered wooden case (lid missing). The tray depicts the image of a woman wearing a dress; she is dropping flowers from her basket.ProvenanceHall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2019;
Given by The Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
Given by The Hall Family Foundation to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2019.
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