Portrait of Seth Boyden, California gold miner
Book TitlePortrait of Seth Boyden, California gold miner
Exhibition TitlePortrait of Seth Boyden, California gold miner
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 3/8 inches (12.07 × 19.05 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 4 3/4 × 7 1/2 × 3/8 inches (12.07 × 19.05 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hallmark Cards, Inc.
Object number2005.27.378
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn paper liner, behind plate, upper right corner, in pencil: "#2.";
On modern paper seal, on plate verso, in pencil: "NO PLATE MFG'S MARKS", "100% RAG BOARD SPACER INSTALLED BETWEEN PLATE AND MAT, REGLAZED, SEALED W/FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE, 12-13-2005 GSW".
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DescriptionImage of a white bearded man (Seth Boyden), standing with a shovel. There are large holes in his pants and his sleeves are pulled up above his elbows. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat (without preserver) with black velvet liner inside of a decorative embossed paper covered wooden case.Published ReferencesE. T. Whitney, "Reminiscences," Photographic Times 14:159 (March 1884): 122. See also: O. Henry Mace, "The Boyden Daguerreotype Camera," Daguerreian Annual (Pittsburgh: The Daguerreian Society, 2005): 134-43. Theodore Runyon, Address for the Erection of a Statue to Seth Boyden (Newark: Ward & Tichnor Printers, 1880).
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