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-0215 DAGUERREOTYPE-V: HAWKINS, C. (AND MISS LAMME) Image package: (Left side) Plate, mat, preserver. Mat: decorative brass. Preserver: decorative. (Right side) Red felt, plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: nonpareil, decorative brass. Preserver: decorative. Case: pigskin; 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 in. Motif: geometric. On verso of case, "Eickmeyer Patent Feb. 17, 1855". Seated portrait (left side of case) of clean shaven, young man with hands in his lap, gold rings on each of his hands, gold watch chain from his neck to a pocket, flowered vest. Seated portrait of young woman (right side of case) with hands folded at her waist. Red background behind her. Restricted original. Use viewing prints only, shelved in the Portrait File. Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Hawkins, C. (and Miss Lamme)"; accession numbers 1994-0150 through 1994-0155. Negatives, No. 24,107a-i (4x5 in.) B/W, color, and color transparencies.
Type
image
Format
Portraits. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 photographs : ambrotype, tinted, sixth plate ; visible images 2 1/2 x 2 in. each.
Identifier
(C)001379408CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVV-2661
Subject
Hawkins, C.--Portraits Pioneers--California Ambrotypes Portraits Photographic prints
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