Grave of Richard Gulick, Benicia, California
Book TitleGrave of Richard Gulick, Benicia, California
Exhibition TitleGrave of Richard Gulick, Benicia, California
Artist
George H. Johnson
(American, 1823 - ca. 1880s)
Date1852
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (half): 4 1/4 × 5 1/2 inches (10.8 × 13.97 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.45 × 15.24 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 3/4 × 6 × 5/8 inches (12.07 × 15.24 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 9 5/8 × 6 × 3/8 inches (24.45 × 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 number2009.40.4
Signednone
Inscribednone
Markingsnone
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DescriptionImage of a gravesite surrounded by a picket fence; top of gravestone visible; man in top hat leans contemplatively on fence. This half plate daguerreotype is housed in an oval brass mat with a burgundy velvet liner inside of a traditional case decorated with a building with a central obelisk.
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George H. Johnson
ca. 1854-1855
2016.75.354
