Title:
A road scene in California
Creator/Contributor:
Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878), German, artist (artist)
Anthony & Baker (active 1850s), engraver (engraver)
Wide West Office (active ca. 1852-ca. 1856), publisher (publisher)
Date:
[1856]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0118--B
Format:
print on paper: engraving
12 x 20.6 cm., image on sheet 26.8 x 41.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Includes image of road with group of Indian men, women, and children; Chinese laborers; prospectors/miners; and pioneers with
covered wagon.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Published at the Wide West office, San Francisco; (LL, within image): Anthony
& Baker, sc.; (LR, within image): C. Nahl, del. Handwritten letter dated 1856 on recto. For variant see 1963.002:0117--B.
Subjects:
Chinese;
Indians of North America;
Miners;
Settlers;
Westward movement
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Pictorial lettersheets