Title:
The approaches of the grove: views of the mining town of Murphy's [California]
Creator/Contributor:
Vischer, Edward (1808-1879), German, artist and publisher (artist and publisher)
Kuchel, C. C. (1820-ca. 1865), Swiss, lithographer (lithographer)
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873), German, printer (printer)
Date:
c1862
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0385.01--ALB
Format:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
27.7 x 34.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Six views of Murphy's and big tree route to grove, including Sperry's Hotel, Mud Flats and cascade at Woodford's.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed (UL): The Mammoth tree grove; (UC, above title): Vischer's views of California; (UR): Plate I;
(MC): Views of the mining town of Murphy's, the starting place for the grove; (LC): Views from the Murphy or big tree route
over the Sierra Nevada/Entered...1862 by Edward Vischer... California. Captioned below images.
Subjects:
Buildings;
California, Northern;
Hotels;
Mining;
Settlements
Genre/Format:
Lithographs, color