Title:
[Gold washers at Mokelumne River in California]
Creator/Contributor:
Rottmann, Ad. (active ca. 1850), artist (artist)
Date:
[1850?]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0249--A
Format:
print on paper: engraving, hand colored
15.4 x 23.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Scene in small river valley with high mountains in distance; few men are panning in river, man with donkey at left, two men
digging at right. Settlement of several homes/tents in valley (Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County?).
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Die Goldwäscher am Mokelumne River/in Californien. Printed (UL): Ms C.L. No. 1374; (MR): Ad. Rottmann,
sc.; (LL): Aus. d. Kunstanst d. Bibl. Inst. in Hildbh; (LR): Eigenthum d. Verleger. Date based on biographical note in Hughes.
Inscriptions in German.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Camping;
Frontier & pioneer life;
Gold rushes;
Miners;
Rivers
Genre/Format:
Engravings, color;
Landscapes