Content/DescriptionSeated by a table, the man holds a pen to paper. On the table is an ink well and a book titled "History of the World" (wrong-reading).
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; sixth plate, visible image 6.6 x 5.2 cm.
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The Bancroft Library
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<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: oval. Preserver: textured.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">"Type: case. Motif: double-hinged "Leather Flap" style (Berg no. 5-21). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.4 x 8.3 cm. Pad: white silk. Notes: spine label - 448 (from prior owner). Case is probably not original to this image, but is from a slightly later date."</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Scratched on plate (verso): 23. Blind stamped on mat (LL): WM SHEW / (LR): SAN FRANCISCO.</physfacet>;;;
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