Title:
Hutchings' panoramic scenes, crossing the plains
Creator/Contributor:
Baker, George Holbrook (1827-1906), American, artist (artist)
Hutchings, J. M. (James Mason) (1820-1902), publisher (publisher)
Sun Print (active ca. 1850), printer (printer)
Date:
1853
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0055--B
Format:
print on tinted paper: engraving
28.6 x 23.5 cm., full sheet 28.6 x 47 cm.
Content/Description:
Thirteen images: emigrant train passing Wind River mountains, Wyoming; Indians chasing buffalo, Scott's Bluffs, Nebraska;
first night on the plains; scene on desert; driving stock across plains; Sioux Indians; Court House Rock and Chimney Rock,
Colorado; Laramie Peak, Wyoming; California Indians; mouth of Ash Hollow, Nebraska; Devil's Gate, Nevada; and Castle Rock,
Colorado.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed (LL): Published by J.M. Hutchings, Placerville, copyright secured; (LR): Views drawn from nature
in 1853 by George H. C, Sun Print. Handwritten letter (on recto and verso) dated 1855. Each image captioned. For variant see
1963.002:0056--B.
Subjects:
Animals;
Bison;
Camping;
Colorado;
Cowboys;
Frontier & pioneer life;
Hunting;
Indians of North America;
Mountains;
Nebraska;
Nevada;
Overland journeys to the Pacific;
Settlers;
Vehicles;
Westward movement;
Wyoming
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Pictorial lettersheets