Daguerreotype of miners

Object Details

Description

Outdoor landscape scenes were less frequently made than the familiar early studio portraits by daguerreian photographers of the 1840-1860s. Cumbersome wooden cameras and equipment for developing the plates proved difficult to transport across rough terrain. Yet, this daguerreotype of miners panning for gold in the Western United States provides in clear detail the landscape and miners with their equipment. The photographer or his assistant has even hand-tinted small gold specs in the pan of the miner at the front of the image.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Waterbury Companies, Inc.

circa 1849-1860

ID Number

PG.75.17.907

accession number

322775

catalog number

75.17.907

Object Name

Daguerreotype

Measurements

overall: 3 1/4 in x 4 1/4 in; 8.255 cm x 10.795 cm

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Photography

National Museum of American History

Record ID

nmah_741853

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

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