Restricted original. Use of original by permission of the Manager of the California History Room.
Description
Image package: Plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: nonpareil brass. Preserver: decorative Case: leather; 3 1/2 x 3 in. Motif. Pad: embossed red velvet. Portrait of man, seated at desk with hurricane lamp, open book on desk. Restricted original. 2009-3713. Removed from manuscript collection: George Holbrook Baker collection, 1848-1965. Baker came to California during Gold Rush, mining briefly, and then engaged in mercantile pursuits in San Francisco and Sacramento and throughout the gold fields. Settled in Sacramento in 1850's, moving to San Francisco around 1862. Worked as artiist, art teacher, and general lithographer.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photographic print : daguerreotype ; visible oval image 2 1/2 x 2 in.
Identifier
(C)001418858CSL01-Aleph
Language
English
Subject
Baker, Geo. H.. (George Holbrook),, 1827-1906--Photographs Lithographers--California--Photographs Pioneers--California Artists--California San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints Daguerreotypes Portrait photographs
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