William J. Shew
ARTISTWilliam Shew was an American daguerreotypist and photographer active in Boston and San Francisco. He was among the early photographers to work in California and is associated with a mobile studio that he called the "Daguerreotype Saloon". His work included portraiture, views of Gold Rush-era California, and later exhibition photographs shown in San Francisco in the late 1860s.
moreBiography adapted from Wikipedia: William Shew (CC BY-SA 4.0).
William J. Shew, wall art & digital downloads
2 works by William J. Shew (American, 1820–1903) are catalogued on Archive Lane, free to preview and available to download or order as a print.
William Shew was an American daguerreotypist and photographer active in Boston and San Francisco. He was among the early photographers to work in California and is associated with a mobile studio that he called the "Daguerreotype Saloon". His work included portraiture, views of Gold Rush-era California, and later exhibition photographs shown in San Francisco in the late 1860s.
Biography adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
At a glance
Most of William J. Shew's work on the site falls under Prints (2).
Culture: American (2).
By orientation: 2 landscape.
Dated work in this group ranges from 1839 to 1853.
Other American artists of the period
Artists from the same country and generation, also in the archive:
- Winslow Homer — 1,138 artworks
- James Abbott McNeill Whistler — 881 artworks
- John Singer Sargent — 728 artworks
- George Catlin — 703 artworks
- Joseph Pennell — 676 artworks
- James McNeill Whistler — 609 artworks
- Thomas Nast — 488 artworks
- Edwin Austin Abbey — 461 artworks
Prints of these artworks
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Sizes and framing
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