Title:
[William Richardson]
Creator/Contributor:
Vance, R.H. (Robert H.) (1825-1876), photographer (photographer)
Date:
[ca. 1854]
Identifier:
DAG-0282
Format:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.
Content/Description:
Waist-length portrait, seated on a chair, left arm resting on back of chair, holding a telescope in his lap.
Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material:
Embossed in case pad: R.H. Vance's / Premium daguerrean galleries / San Francisco / Sacramento / Marysville.
Image Package Note:
Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative oval. Preserver: decorative.
Case or Exterior Container Note:
Type: case. Material: leather (pigskin) over wood. Dimensions: 6 x 4 ¾ in. Pad: embossed burgundy velvet. Notes: push-button
case.
General Administrative Note:
DAGUERREOTYPE-V: RICHARDSON, WILLIAM
Alternative Form:
Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Richardson, William"; accession numbers 2000-0258 through
2000-0260 and 2000- 0268 through 2000-0273.
Negative, No. 1,363 (4x5 in.) B/W; and negative Nos. 26,670a-i, B/W, color, and color transparencies.
Subjects:
Richardson, William--Portraits.
Men.
Pioneers--California.
Genre/Format:
Portraits.
Daguerreotypes.