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William ShewWW-1839-533917
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
Catalogue
- Year
- 1839
- Medium
- Daguerreotype
- 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.)
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Artist
- William Shew
Artist
William Shew
Photography
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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- William Shew
- Year
- 1839
- Medium
- Daguerreotype
- 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-1839-533917
Source
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Source
- aic
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- Status
- verified