Portrait of a California gold miner with tools
Book TitlePortrait of a California gold miner with tools
Exhibition TitlePortrait of a California gold miner with tools
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 number2005.27.115
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a gold miner with full beard seated on a wooden chair. He wears a hat with the front brim missing and there are patches sewn onto the knees of his pants. He holds a pickax and shovel over his shoulder and a pan on his back. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with a red silk liner inside of a decorative paper-covered wooden case.
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