Untitled

Untitled

William ShewWW-1839-527397
1839·Daguerreotype·Plate: 8.1 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 13/16 in.); Case: 9.3 × 8.2 × 1.4 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 9/16 in.)

Gift of Arnold and Temmie Gilbert

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Year
1839
Dimensions
Plate: 8.1 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 13/16 in.); Case: 9.3 × 8.2 × 1.4 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 9/16 in.)

Artist

William Shew
William Shew

William Shew was an American daguerreotypist and photographer active in Boston and San Francisco. He was among the early photographers to work in California and is associated with a mobile studio that he called the "Daguerreotype Saloon". His work included portraiture, views of Gold Rush-era California, and later exhibition photographs shown in San Francisco in the late 1860s.

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Untitled (Two Men Wearing Top Hats, Leaning on a White Picket Fence)

Untitled (Two Men Wearing Top Hats, Leaning on a White Picket Fence)

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WW-1853-527398

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Year
1839
Dimensions
Plate: 8.1 × 7 cm (3 1/4 × 2 13/16 in.); Case: 9.3 × 8.2 × 1.4 cm (3 11/16 × 3 1/4 × 9/16 in.)
Watts ID
WW-1839-527397

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Source
aic
Status
verified

Artist

William Shew

William Shew

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