Two California miners smelting gold
Artist
Unknown
Dateca. 1855
MediumDaguerreotype
DimensionsPlate (quarter): 4 1/4 × 3 1/4 inches (10.8 × 8.26 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 19.05 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)
Case (open): 4 5/8 × 7 1/2 × 3/8 inches (11.75 × 19.05 × 0.95 cm)
Case (closed): 4 5/8 × 3 3/4 × 5/8 inches (11.75 × 9.53 × 1.59 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Hall Family Foundation
Object number2017.68.287
Signednone
Inscribednone
MarkingsInside case, behind plate, on paper liner, in period hand, in black pen: "20272"
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionImage of two bearded men similiarly dressed in hats, red shirts, and dark pants. They stand next to one another holding tools in front of a furnance. A section of the furnace is colored gold. This quarter plate daguerreotype is housed in a brass mat inside of a brown case with a burgundy velvet liner.ProvenanceThe Hall Family Foundation, Kansas City, MO, 2017;
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
Their gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 2017.
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