Title:
[Ismael Abrego.]
Creator/Contributor:
Shew, William, 1820-1903, photographer
Abstract:
Half length portrait of a man with a mustache.
Date:
[ca. 1853]
Subject:
Men
Young adults
Pioneers
Californios
Type:
Portraits
Daguerreotypes
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; quarter plate, visible image 8.8 x 6.8 cm.
displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Blind stamped on mat (LR): WM SHEW / SAN FRANCISCO. Note (handwritten,
by Zelda Mackay?): Given by a member of the Abrego family of Monterey to his sweet-heart - assembled at his order by Wm. Shew
San Francisco. Note (handwritten, by Zelda Mackay?): Ismael Ábrego [sic], son of Don José Ábrego [sic], first Treasurer of
Calif. at Monterey, and head of the Customs under Spanish governors.;;;displayLabel="Image Package Note">Original component
parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.;;;displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type:
case. Motif: floral. Material: tortoise shell & mother of pearl inlay over wood. Dimensions: 12.4 x 9.8 cm. Pad: red velvet.
Notes: spine label - 482 (from prior owner). The case could be a faux tortoise shell of celluloid. Inlay appear to be brass
wire with mother of pearl. Image package removed from fragile case for separate storage.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:062--CASE
Filename:
brk00040047_8a.tif
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[Ismael Abrego.]
