Content/DescriptionHalf length portrait, with a beard and mustache, wearing a standing collar, and double breasted jacket.
Title
[James King of William (1822-1856).]
Published
ca. 1855
Full Collection Name
Cased photographs and related images from The Bancroft Library pictorial collections, circa 1845-circa 1870
Other Identifiers
BANC PIC 19xx.490--CASE
Type
Image
Extent
1 photograph : daguerreotype ; half plate, visible image 11.5 x 9 cm.
Archive
The Bancroft Library
Note
For two other copies see 1905.16242:096 and the collection of the Oakland Museum of California. Clearly the original was copied numerous times after his shooting in 1856.
Biographical NoteSan Francisco pioneer, banker, and editor of the Evening Bulletin newspaper. Murdered by James Casey in 1856.
<physfacet label="Image Package Note">Original component parts: plate, mat, cover glass, preserver. Plate: face slightly hand colored. Mat: plain oval. Preserver: decorative.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Marks, Inscriptions and Accompanying Material">Embossed on case pad: R.H. VANCE'S / PREMIUM DAGUERREAN GALLERIES / SAN FRANCISCO / SACRAMENTO / MARYSVILLE.</physfacet>;;;<physfacet label="Container or Case Note">Type: case. Motif: geometric. Material: leather over wood. Dimensions: 15 x 12 cm. Pad: blue velvet with embossed motif.</physfacet>;;;
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