Image
Description
Content/DescriptionHalf length portrait of a man, founder of the Sterling Furniture store in San Francisco.
Details
Title
[Charles W. Gilbert.]
Published
ca. 1854-1855
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1905.16242:007--CASE
Subject (Topic)
Men
Type
Image
Format
Portraits
Ambrotypes
Ambrotypes
Extent
1 photograph : ambrotype ; sixth plate, visible image 6.6 x 5.4 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: clear glass with asphaltum backing. Mat: oval. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric - diamond and leaves. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 9.1 x 8 cm. Pad: green velvet with unusual embossed (tambourine?) motif. Notes: spine label - 341 (from prior owner). Blackened well (ambrotype case).</physfacet>;;;
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