Content/DescriptionThree-quarter length portrait of couple standing side-by-side. Wakeman has a beard, and is wearing a double breasted coat in which one of his hands is placed. Mrs. Wakeman (Mary Eliza Wilson Wakeman) is wearing jewelry (necklace and rings), and her hair is in ringlet curls.
Title
[Captain and Mrs. Edgar Wakeman.]
Published
ca. 1852-1854
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 1905.16242:088--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 12 x 9 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
Biographical NoteCaptain of the steamer Independence in 1851, and a member of the San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851. Author of The log of an ancient mariner : being the life and adventures of Captain Edgar Wakeman, 1878.. Mary Eliza Wilson Wakeman was the daughter of San Francisco pioneer General John Wilson.
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: jewelry slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Blind stamped on mat (bottom): BECKERS & PIARD / 264 BROADWAY. Accompanying calling card (printed, recto): Mr. J. Howard King / 1 Park Place; (handwritten, verso): Capt & Mrs. Wakeman / with whom I [ ] sailed around the [Horne] / 1855 - Ship Adelaide.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: floral (front). Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15.2 x 12.2 cm. Pad: purple velvet with embossed motif. Notes: spine label - 515 (from prior owner). Front has different motif from back.</physfacet>;;;
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