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Vallejo del Leese (Marie Paula Rosalia)
daguerreotype
DAG 8H
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Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
California Historical Society
Title: Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo del Leese daguerreotype
Identifier/Call Number: DAG 8H
Physical Description:
1 item
Date (inclusive): 1840-1860
Language of Material: Collection materials are in
English.
Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo del Leese was born into the Vallejos, a wealthy, land owning
Northern California family in 1811. Daughter of Sargeant Ignacio Ferrer Vallejo and Maria
Antonia Isabela Lugo and sister to military officers Mariano Guadalupe and Salvador Vallejo.
Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo married American merchant Jacob Leese in 1837. She died in
1889.
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Materials in this collection, which were created between 1840 and 1860, are in the public
domain in the United States. Permission to publish or reproduce is not required.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Vallejo Gautier.
[Identification of item, date]; Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo del Leese daguerreotype, DAG
8H; California Historical Society.
Portrait of Maria Paula Rosalia Vallejo Leese seated, arm resting on book, holding an
embroidered purse in her lap. Leese's cheeks, purse, jewelry, and the book are tinted.
Daguerreotype is housed in a double-hinged, triptych-style case; brown embossed leather
exterior with shield shaped closure; red embossed velvet interior. Quarter plate
daguerreotype measuring 9 x 7 cm.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Mexican American women -- California -- Pictorial works
Daguerreotypes
Vallejo del Leese, Maria Paula Rosalia