Title:
Execution of Jose Forner, Dec[ember] 10, 1852, on Russian Hill, San Francisco [California] for the murder of Jose Rodrigues
Creator/Contributor:
Justh, Quirot & Co. (active ca. 1851-ca. 1852), lithographer (attributed to) (lithographer)
Noisy Carrier's Book and Stationary Co. (Ch. P. Kimball) (active ca. 1851-ca. 1856), printer (printer)
Date:
1852
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0033 (variant)--A
Format:
print on paper: lithograph
20.3 x 26 cm., sheet
Content/Description:
Execution of figure hanging from scaffolding erected on hill; armed guards surround platform as crowd observes event; San
Francisco Bay in background.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Stamped (LL): Noisy Carrier Publishing [Hall, 77] Long Wharf, [San Francisco], Charles P. [Kimball, proprietor].
Attribution to Justh, Quirot & Co. based on Peter's California on Stone, p. 133.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Criminals;
Events;
San Francisco (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Lithographs;
Pictorial lettersheets