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John Augustus Blanchard daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits [graphic].
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Title:
John Augustus Blanchard daguerreotype and ambrotype portraitsCreator/Contributor:
Vance, Robert H., 1825-1876Abstract:
Portraits of California gold miner John Augustus Blanchard. Daguerreotype: bust-length portrait in formal dress. Ambrotype:
full-length standing portrait in miner's attire.
Date:
ca. 1855 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caBlanchard, John Augustus -- Portraits
Gold miners -- California -- Photographs
Note:
Photographers unknown. Vendor attributed daguerreotype to Robert H. Vance.
Accompanied by 2 scraps of paper identifying subject: John A. Blanchard; John Augustus Blanchard.
Title devised by cataloger.
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John Augustus Blanchard daguerreotype and ambrotype portraits, BANC PIC 2013.075, The Bancroft Library, University of California,
Berkeley.
Per vendor's description, Blanchard posted letters at the Sacramento post office in 1855; was sentenced to prison in 1860.
Type:
graphicDaguerreotypes.
Ambrotypes.
Physical Description:
graphic
photoprint
BANC PIC 2013.075:1 1 photograph : daguerreotype, quarter plate ; visible image 10 x 7 cm dia. oval.
BANC PIC 2013.075:2 1 photograph : ambrotype, sixth plate ; visible image 7 x 6 cm dia. oval.
Language:
English
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
RESTRICTED COLLECTION: Requests for use of original must be approved by the appropriate curator.