California gold miners with rocker and sluice
Book TitleCalifornia gold miners with rocker and sluice
Exhibition TitleCalifornia gold miners with rocker and sluice
Artist
George H. Johnson
(American, 1823 - ca. 1880s)
Dateca. 1850
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.8 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 9 3/8 × 5 7/8 × 3/8 inches (23.83 × 14.91 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 5 7/8 × 3/4 inches (11.76 × 14.91 × 1.91 cm)
Case (open): 9 3/8 × 5 7/8 × 3/8 inches (23.83 × 14.91 × 0.97 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 5 7/8 × 3/4 inches (11.76 × 14.91 × 1.91 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2019.22.20
SignedEmbossed on velvet liner: GEO H. JOHNSON / 33 J STREET / SACRAMENTO / CAL."
Inscribednone
MarkingsOn modern paper seal, in pencil: "ATTRIBUTED TO: GEORGE H. JOHNSON / 33 J STREET SACRAMENTO, CA. / NO PLATE MFG'S. HALMARK / MODERN SEAL REMOVED, COVER GLASS REPLACED, RE- / SEALED WITH FILMOPLAST P-90 TAPE WITH MYLAR BACKING 6-13-2017 GSW ATLANTA, GA"
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DescriptionVignetted image of men similarly dressed in long-sleeved shirts (rolled up to their elbows and colored red or blue), pants, and wide brimmed hats. They are standing, mostly in profile, on either side of a long wooden trough while holding various hand tools. The man in the center holds a pan filled with gold. This half plate cased daguerreotype is housed inside of a brass matt with a burgundy velvet liner, embossed with the maker's name, inside of a brown case with good tooling and an embossed image of a columned structure with a tall obelisk in the center.ProvenanceThe Hall 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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