California gold miners with sluice
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.8 × 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 the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2011.37.34
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
On View
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DescriptionImage of five gold miners on a rocky cliff holding various implements: picks, shovels, etc. Each man stands in profile and their sluice divides the composition diagonally. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat with an emerald green velvet liner inside of a traditional brown case with gold tooling along perimeter.
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Unknown
ca. 1850-1855
2005.27.114.A,B
