Unidentified photographer
1854 (ca)
Captain D.G. Farragut

Daguerreotype, 1/6 plate
Cowan's Auctions, Inc
Auction 13 June 2014, "American History", Lot: 31
 
Captain D.G. Farragut taken at Mare Island, CA, ca 1854, while he oversaw construction and establishment of the first US naval base on the west coast, California's Mare Island Naval Ship Yard. Beautifully framed, 7.5 x 9 in. The earliest known photograph of Farragut in existence.
 
Purchased from G.W. Bell Auctioneer, Portland, ME, January 1995, and accompanied by original Maine Antique Digest advertisement in which daguerreotype was featured. The consignor was able to trace the origin of the daguerreotype to the San Francisco, CA area.
 
LL/54842