Title:
The miner's Ten Commandments
Creator/Contributor:
Eastman, Harrison (1823-1886), American, artist (artist)
Anthony & Baker (active 1850s), engraver (engraver)
Sun Print (active ca. 1850), printer (attributed to) (printer)
Date:
c1853
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0095--B
Format:
print on tinted paper: wood engraving
28.5 x 23.3 cm., image on sheet 28.5 x 46.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Eleven marginal views illustrating bad habits of miner including: claim jumping, gambling, household chores, family life,
gaming, working, and partnerships. Upper image includes elephant pointing to commandments.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (MC). Printed (within some images): H. Eastman, del; Anthony & Baker. Printed (LC): Entered... 1853 by James
M. Hutchings... California, Orders, pre-paid, addressed Box H, Placerville/El Dorado Co[unty], Cal[ifornia]. Each image numbered.
Handwritten letter on recto and verso dated 1858.
Subjects:
Animals;
Frontier & pioneer life;
Gold rushes;
Manners & customs;
Miners;
Mining
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Pictorial lettersheets