Title:
Dame Partington in California
Creator/Contributor:
Wide West Office (active ca. 1852-ca. 1856), undetermined (undetermined)
Date:
[18--]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0024--B
Format:
print on tinted paper: engraving
27.4 x 21.6 cm., image on sheet 27.4 x 43.1 cm.
Content/Description:
Satire on opponents on 1856 Vigilance Committee illustrates text by Sydney Smith which tells of Mrs. Partington who attempted
to turn back the Atlantic Ocean in a terrible storm with a broom. Law and order (David C. Broderick?) seen in housewife's
garb sweeps back floodwaters of vigilance and reform with broom of proclamation. Jester on barrel marked "Herald" blows trumpet;
sun-faced figure holds bayonet while standing on stool.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC). Printed (LL): W.W. Kurtz & Co., Wide West Office, 162 Washington Street, San Francisco.
Subjects:
Events
Genre/Format:
Cartoons (Commentary);
Engravings;
Pictorial lettersheets