Title:
Hutchings' California scenes/The California Indians
Creator/Contributor:
Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878), German, artist (artist)
Anthony & Baker (active 1850s), engraver (engraver)
Hutchings, J. M. (James Mason) (1820-1902), publisher (publisher)
Excelsior Print. (active ca. 1854), printer (printer)
Date:
c1854
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0053 (variant 2)--A
Format:
print on tinted paper: wood engraving
28.6 x 22.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Includes eight views: Indian Fandango/dance; gathering acorns; gathering seeds; mode of traveling; burning their dead; catching
grasshoppers; grinding acorns and cooking food. Most images show Indian women at work.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UL): Hutching's California scenes; (UR): The California Indians. Printed (LC and LR images): C. Nahl, del.;
(all images): Anthony & Baker, sc.; (LR):Excelsior print. Printed captions.
Subjects:
Indians of North America;
Manners & customs;
Rites & ceremonies;
Women
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Pictorial lettersheets