Title:
[Juan Ignacia Cantua]
Date:
[ca. 1853]
Identifier:
DAG-0155
Format:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; sixth plate, visible image 2 1/2 x 2 in.
Content/Description:
Waist-length portrait of man seated with hands at his lap; dressed in heavy jacket with wide collar, lapel and cuffs; gold
painted chain hanging from his neck to his side.
Image Package Note:
Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative nonpareil. Preserver: decorative.
Case or Exterior Container Note:
Type: case. Motif: floral, book style. Material: papier-mache with mother-of-pearl inlays. Dimensions: 4 x 3 ½ in. Pad: embossed
red velvet.
General Administrative Note:
DAGUERREOTYPE-V: CANTUA, JUAN IGNACIA C
Alternative Form:
Negatives, No.24,093a-i (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies.
Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Cantua, Juan Ignacia";
accession numbers 1994-0093 through 1994-0098. Also have photograph of Cantua as an old man, accession number 2000-0241.
Subjects:
Cantua, Juan Ignacia--Portraits.
Pioneers--California.
Men.
Genre/Format:
Portraits.
Daguerreotypes.