Title:
[Dr. Joseph Augustine Benton]
Date:
[between 1846 and 1848]
Identifier:
DAG-0131
Format:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; sixth plate, visible image 2 5/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Content/Description:
Waist-length portrait of man seated with right arm resting on books on a table. First pastor of the First Church of Christ,
Sacramento.
Image Package Note:
Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass. Plate: tinted (hand colored). Mat: textured octagonal.
Case or Exterior Container Note:
Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 3 ¾ x 3 ¼ in. Pad: faded reddish silk. Notes: case
unhinged.
General Administrative Note:
DAGUERREOTYPE-V: BENTON, (DR.) JOSEPH AUGUSTINE C
Alternative Form:
Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Benton, Joseph Augustine"; accession numbers 1994-0073
through 1994-0076.
Negatives, No. 24,087a-f (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies.
Subjects:
Benton, Joseph A. (Joseph Augustine), 1818-1892--Portraits.
Pioneers--California.
Young adults.
Men.
Genre/Format:
Portraits.
Daguerreotypes.