Image
Description
Content/DescriptionDouble portrait presumably of a husband and wife.
Details
Title
[Unidentified man and woman.]
Creator
Summerhays, photographer
Published
ca. 1850
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1905.16242:044--CASE
Subject (Topic)
Women
Men
Aged persons
Pioneers -- California
Couples
Men
Aged persons
Pioneers -- California
Couples
Type
Image
Format
Portraits
Daguerreotypes
Daguerreotypes
Extent
2 photographs : daguerreotype ; quarter plate.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral - variant of Lily and Rose (Rinhart no. 114). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 11.7 x 9.2 cm. Notes: label on verso (from prior owner): 18. Double case with 2 images.</physfacet>;;;
Contents
Image 2: Portraits
Image 2: Daguerreotypes
Image 2: [Left image: Unidentified woman.]
Image 2: Content/DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of seated elderly woman wearing white bonnet; one arm resting near book on cloth covered table, the other in her lap.
Image 2:Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face and flowers on bonnet slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: textured. Seal: original. ;;;Platemark (LR): [circle in sixths, lamb bearing cross,] 40. Stamped on mat (LL): Summerhays. ;;;
Image 2: Summerhays Summerhays Summerhays photographer photographer photographer
Image 2: A William Summerhay had a gallery on Clay Street after 1872. May not be same photographer.
Image 2: daguerreotype ; visible image 8.8 x 6.8 cm.
Image 2: BANC PIC 1905.16242:044a––CASE
Image 3: During treatment: daguerreotype plate maker's mark, showing circle in sixths and cross-bearing lamb, with the number 40. (Scanned from a 35mm slide.)
Image 3: BANC PIC 1905.16242:044a––NEG
Image 4: Portraits
Image 4: Daguerreotypes
Image 4: [Right image: Unidentified man.]
Image 4: Content/DescriptionHalf length portrait of and elderly man.
Image 4:Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: textured. ;;;Platemark (UR): [floral, double x] 40. Stamped on mat (LL): Summerhays. ;;;
Image 4: Summerhays Summerhays Summerhays photographer photographer photographer
Image 4: A William Summerhay had a gallery on Clay Street after 1872. May not be same photographer.
Image 4: daguerreotype ; visible image 8.8 x 6.8 cm.
Image 4: BANC PIC 1905.16242:044b––CASE
Image 2: Daguerreotypes
Image 2: [Left image: Unidentified woman.]
Image 2: Content/DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of seated elderly woman wearing white bonnet; one arm resting near book on cloth covered table, the other in her lap.
Image 2:
Image 2: Summerhays Summerhays Summerhays photographer photographer photographer
Image 2: A William Summerhay had a gallery on Clay Street after 1872. May not be same photographer.
Image 2: daguerreotype ; visible image 8.8 x 6.8 cm.
Image 2: BANC PIC 1905.16242:044a––CASE
Image 3: During treatment: daguerreotype plate maker's mark, showing circle in sixths and cross-bearing lamb, with the number 40. (Scanned from a 35mm slide.)
Image 3: BANC PIC 1905.16242:044a––NEG
Image 4: Portraits
Image 4: Daguerreotypes
Image 4: [Right image: Unidentified man.]
Image 4: Content/DescriptionHalf length portrait of and elderly man.
Image 4:
Image 4: Summerhays Summerhays Summerhays photographer photographer photographer
Image 4: A William Summerhay had a gallery on Clay Street after 1872. May not be same photographer.
Image 4: daguerreotype ; visible image 8.8 x 6.8 cm.
Image 4: BANC PIC 1905.16242:044b––CASE
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