Title:
[Actualities, San Francisco, California in 1855]
Creator/Contributor:
Charpin (active ca. 1855), French, artist, artist
Date:
[ca. 1855]
Subject:
California, Northern
Chinese
Frontier & pioneer life
Manners & customs
San Francisco (Calif.)
Note:
Satirical scene in front of police station showing two policemen grabbing three women (including Chinese) by their hair or
coats and dragging them along. Several other scenes take place around, including duel scene, man conversing with semi-nude(?)
woman, etc. Various signs on building in background.
Type:
Cartoons (Commentary)
Illustrations
Lithographs
Physical Description:
25.4 x 35.5 cm.
Printed title (UC): Croquis comiques pour les gents sérieux; (LC): Actualités, San Francisco en 1855. Printed (LL, within
image): Charpin. Printed dialog caption (LC) stating that "Actualitiés" form a collection commenting on absurdities commited
by legislature or by interpretations of law. Inscriptions in French.
print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0459--B