Robert H. Vance
American Daguerreotypist · 1825–1876
9 works across 2 collections on LinkedCulture
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
Works
View as IIIF ↗[Portrait of a boxer]
Getty Museum · about 1855
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[Portrait of a Distinct-looking Man]
Getty Museum · about 1851
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[Portrait of a Jewelry Salesman]
Getty Museum · 1853–1854
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[Portrait of a Man with Moustache and Goatee]
Getty Museum · about 1855
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[Portrait of a Seated Man]
Getty Museum · 1852–1855
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[Portrait of a Seated Woman]
Getty Museum · 1852–1855
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[Stage coach stop at Freeman Crossing near San Jose, California]
Getty Museum · 1851–1852
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[The Great Man Has Fallen]
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · 1856
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[View of Lower Rancheria, Amador County, California]
Getty Museum · about 1853–1855
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