William J. Shew

American (near Watertown, New York, 1820 - 1903, San Francisco, California)

Untitled [Robert Howe, California State Senator and 49er]

ca. 1850
photograph | daguerreotype
Not currently on view in the museum
Untitled [Robert Howe, California State Senator and 49er]
3 11/16 in. x 3 3/16 in. x 11/16 in. (9.37 cm x 8.1 cm x 1.75 cm)
Acquired 1999
Collection SFMOMA
Purchase through a gift of Lucinda Watson, the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, an anonymous gift, H. Marcia Smolens, Tony and I'lee Hooker, and the Accessions Committee Fund
99.456
Keywords

politicians, men, government, portraits, ovals


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