Unidentified Photographer

TITLE ON OBJECT: Dr. MacBeth in the costume in which he crossed the plains, fleeing from the cholerea of which he died.

ca. 1849
daguerreotype with applied color
13.7 x 10.5 cm., 1/2 plate
Gift of Dr. John Recht
GEH NEGS: 26885 26752
78:1706:0013

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE: Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 56.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY:
"A Lasting Impression: The Daguerreotype in America", US, GA, Atlanta, High Museum at Georgia-Pacific Center, November 30, 1989 - February 23, 1990.//
"Silver & Gold: Cased Images of the California Gold Rush", US, CA, Oakland, Oakland Museum, January 24 - August 15, 1998.//

INSCRIPTION: paper note inserted in case-(handwritten) "Dr. MacBeth in the costume in which he crossed the plains, fleeing from the cholera of which he died"

FRAME: ocatgonal mat

NOTES: Catalogued 9/88, SB. Registration records note that this photograph pertains to the Munn family and that Macbeth was a partner of Munn.

SUBJECTS:
portrait, ident / MacBeth, Dr.
artifact, weapons
artifact, tools