Restricted original. Use viewing prints only, shelved in the Portrait File. Use of original by permission of the Manager of the California History Room.
Description
DAG-0280 DAGUERREOTYPE-V: REILLY, PAUL Jones (DR.) Image package: Plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative oval brass. Preserver: decorative. Case: thermoplastic; 5 x 4 in. Motif: colonial. Pad: embossed purple velvet. Case motif entitled "Sir Roger deCoverly and the Gypsies", attributed to casemaker A.P. Critchlow and Company. The image is based upon a wood engraving by Joseph Angell. The case design is sometimes incorrectly indentified as "Washington's Farewell to his Mother." Seated-portrait of man with left arm resting on a table, ring on his little finger; beard longer at chin than on cheeks; hair swirled on top of his head and around his ears. Restricted original. Use viewing prints only, shelved in the Portrait File. Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Reilly, Paul Jones (Dr.)"; accession numbers 1994-0205 through 1994-0209 and 2000-0257. Negatives, No. 24,121a-i (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies.
Type
image
Format
Portraits. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photograph : daguerreotype, tinted, quarter plate ; visible image 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 in.
Identifier
(C)001379453CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVV-2707
Subject
Reilly, Paul J.--Portraits Pioneers--California Daguerreotypes Portraits Photographic prints
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