[Portrait of a Seated Man]

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[Portrait of a Seated Man]

Creator

Robert H. Vance

American Daguerreotypist · 1825–1876

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Born in Maine and having learned the daguerreotype process in Boston, Robert Vance traveled to South America, where he opened several daguerreian galleries in Chile. After selling those establishments, Vance moved to California in late 1850. There he made more than three hundred daguerreotypes during the California gold rush; capitalizing on public interest, he exhibited them to enthusiastic revie

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Date
1852–1855
Medium
Hand-colored daguerreotype
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
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Housed in a single case with a daguerreotype portrait of an unidentified man.

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