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Title
[Wm. Richardson]
Creator
Vance, R. H. (Robert H.), 1825-1876
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1854]
Contributing Institution
California State Library
Collection
California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information
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-0282
DAGUERREOTYPE-V: RICHARDSON, WILLIAM
Image package: Plate, mat cover glass, preserver. Mat: decorative oval brass. Preserver: decorative.
Case: leather; 6 x 4 3/4 in. Motif: plain. Pad: embossed burgundy velvet with words "R. H. Vance's / premium daguerrean galleries / San Francisco / Sacramento / Marysville".
Waist-length portrait of man seated on a chair, left arm resting on back of chair, holding a telescope in his lap.
Restricted original. Use viewing prints only, shelved in the Portrait File.
Copy prints available for viewing filed in the Portrait File under "Richardson, William"; accession numbers 2000-0258 through 2000-0260 and 2000-0268 through 2000-0273.
Negatives, No. 1,363 (4x5 in.) B/W; and negataive nos. 26,670a-i, B/W, color, and color transparencies. Neg. no. 24,123a-f (b/w and color) filed in Preservation project folder with copy prints.
Type
image
Format
Portraits.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 photograph : daguerreotype, half plate ; visible image 4 1/2 x 3 1/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001379455CSL01-Aleph
(DRA)VVV-2709
Subject
Richardson, William--Portraits
Pioneers--California
Daguerreotypes
Portraits
Photographic prints
Place
California

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