Water flume and surveyors, El Dorado County, California
Book TitleWater flume and surveyors, El Dorado County, California
Exhibition TitleWater flume and surveyors, El Dorado County, California
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/2 × 5 1/2 inches (11.43 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 9 1/2 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.13 × 15.24 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 9 1/2 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.13 × 15.24 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.117
Signednone
InscribedLabel inside case: "Mountain House [Norris?] El Dorado Co. Cal 1855." [label not present 2018]
MarkingsOn modern paper seal, plate verso, in pencil: "PLATE WAS UNSEALED WHEN PURCHASED / IN 1986 IN GALENA, IL. SHOWS SIGNS OF / HAVING BEEN CLEANED IN THE PAST.", "RESEALED WITH NEW GLASS 2001 BY / KEVIN KUNZ - CAPITOL GALLERY 217-546-4654 / 1602 W. CAPITOL AVE SPRINGFIELD, IL 62704", "Double A. GAUDIN 40 / HALLMARK".
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DescriptionImage of a row of people - men, women, and two young girls - standing in barren landscape. In the background is a two-story house and a trestle, which spans the length of the plate. A figure in a horse-drawn carriage approaches from behind and a man stands near a tripod holding pen and paper. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat, which is inside of a decorative paper-covered wooden case with a red velvet liner.
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