Title:
[Captain and Mrs. Edgar Wakeman.]
Creator/Contributor:
Beckers & Piard, photographer
Abstract:
Three-quarter length portrait of couple standing side-by-side. Wakeman has a beard, and is wearing a double breasted coat
in which one of his hands is placed. Mrs. Wakeman (Mary Eliza Wilson Wakeman) is wearing jewelry (necklace and rings), and
her hair is in ringlet curls.
Date:
[ca. 1852-1854]
Subject:
Women
Men
Young adults
Pioneers -- California
Couples
Note:
Captain of the steamer Independence in 1851, and a member of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851. Author of The
log of an ancient mariner : being the life and adventures of Captain Edgar Wakeman, 1878.Mary Eliza Wilson Wakeman was the
daughter of San Francisco pioneer General John Wilson.
Type:
Daguerreotypes
Group portraits
Physical Description:
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 12 x 9 cm.
displayLabel="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral (front). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.2 x 12.2
cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 515 (from prior owner). Front has different motif from back.;;;displayLabel="Image
Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: plain
oval. Preserver: decorative.;;;displayLabel="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Blind stamped on mat (bottom):
BECKERS & PIARD / 264 BROADWAY. Accompanying calling card (printed, recto): Mr. J. Howard King / 1 Park Place; (handwritten,
verso): Capt & Mrs. Wakeman / with whom I [ ] sailed around the [Horne] / 1855 - Ship Adelaide.;;
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1905.16242:088--CASE
Filename:
brk00040073_8a.tif
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