Ambrotype in a case, of a girl standing between a seated female holding a handkerchief and a man

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Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peter Palmquist Cased Photographs Collection (WA Photos 402) > Series I: Images by Identified Photographers > CALIFORNIA PHOTOGRAPHERS > Clayton, James Atkins (1831-1896) > Ambrotype in a case, of a girl standing between a seated female holding a handkerchief and a man


2056171

Description

Title
Ambrotype in a case, of a girl standing between a seated female holding a handkerchief and a man
Creator
From the Collection: Palmquist, Peter E.
Contributor
From the Collection: Allen, Charles V., 1828-
From the Collection: Atkinson, S. J.
From the Collection: Beals, Albert J.
From the Collection: Beardsley, B. C.
From the Collection: Broadbent, S. (Samuel), 1810-1881
From the Collection: Cary, Charles H.
From the Collection: Clayton, James A. (James Atkins), 1831-1896
From the Collection: Cook, William H.
From the Collection: Coombs, F. (Frederick)
From the Collection: Daniels, A. F. (Austin Fitzerland), 1832-
From the Collection: Fardon, G. R.
From the Collection: Fetter, Harvey G.
From the Collection: Fitzgibbon, John H., 1816?-1882
From the Collection: Ford, James May, 1827-approximately 1877
From the Collection: Gutekunst, Frederick, 1831-1917
From the Collection: Hale, L.H., 1823-1885
From the Collection: Hamilton, Charles F., approximately 1825-
From the Collection: Hamilton, George D.
From the Collection: Harris, Theodore, active approximately 1855-1860
From the Collection: Hathaway, William, active approximately 1857-1858
From the Collection: Hawes, Charles E.
From the Collection: Hickling, J.
From the Collection: Higgins, Thomas J.
From the Collection: Johnson, George Howard, 1823-
From the Collection: Lenox, Isaac Shaw
From the Collection: Long, Enoch
From the Collection: Maxham, B. D. (Benjamin Dexter), 1821-1899
From the Collection: McIntyre, Sterling C.
From the Collection: Merrill, James O.
From the Collection: Norcross, Oliver H. P., 1824-1871
From the Collection: Outley, John J.
From the Collection: Phillips, J. A.
From the Collection: Pine, George W.
From the Collection: Plumbe, John, 1809-1857
From the Collection: Rehn, Isaac
From the Collection: Ruth, J.
From the Collection: Selleck, Silas Wright, approximately 1828-1885
From the Collection: Shaw, Seth Louis
From the Collection: Shew, Jacob, approximately 1826-1879
From the Collection: Shew, Myron, 1824-1891
From the Collection: Shew, William J., 1820-1903
From the Collection: Silver, O. B.
From the Collection: Spooner, John Pitcher, 1845-1917
From the Collection: Vance, Robert H., 1825-1876
From the Collection: Whitehurst, Jesse Harrison, 1819-1875
From the Collection: Culver & Fellows (Newport, New Hampshire)
From the Collection: Pine & Bells (Troy, New York)
From the Collection: Shaw & Johnson (San Francisco, California)
From the Collection: Spooner Brothers (Springfield, Massachusetts)
Published / Created
circa 1856-60
Description
Quarter-plate hand-tinted clear-glass ambrotype with metal back plate; original seal; evidence of asphaltum removal; stain in upper area of image
Blindstamp on mat, "J. A. Clayton / San Jose"
Full black leather case, with an elaborate geometric scroll motif with jewel motif in center of cover
Behind image an erased pencil inscription, "Maryu" on green backing paper. Inscription on metal back plate, "this backing added 5-22-88 / K.A."
Provenance
Purchased from Peter E. Palmquist on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 1999.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Item Location

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
WA Photos 402
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Container / Volume
Box 1, folder 1

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Citation
Peter Palmquist Cased Photographs Collection. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
7083035
Object ID (OID)
2056171

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