Portrait of a California gold miner
Book TitlePortrait of a California gold miner
Exhibition TitlePortrait of a California gold miner
Artist
Robert H. Vance
(American, 1825 - 1876)
Dateca. 1854
MediumAmbrotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 9/16 × 7 5/16 × 3/8 inches (11.58 × 18.57 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 4 9/16 × 3 5/8 × 3/4 inches (11.58 × 9.22 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 4 9/16 × 7 5/16 × 3/8 inches (11.58 × 18.57 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 4 9/16 × 3 5/8 × 3/4 inches (11.58 × 9.22 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2019.22.40
SignedOn brass mat, bottom, stamped: "R.H. VANCE / SAN FRANCISCO / CUTTING'S PAT. / JULY 4&11 1854";
On velvet liner, center, embossed: "R.H. VANCE'S / PREMIUM DAGUERREAN & PATENT / AMBROTYPE GALLERY / SAN FRANCISCO / & / SACRAMENTO."
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a bearded man seated on a wooden chair with arm resting on small table beside him. He wears a wide brimmed hat, two collared shirts, pants, and boots. This quarter plate ambrotype is housed inside of an oval brass mat inside of a decorative paper-covered wooden case with floral motif in center and gold tooling along perimeter.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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