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)
Sun Print (active ca. 1850), printer (printer)
Date:
c1854
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0053--B
Format:
print on tinted paper: wood engraving
28.6 x 23.5 cm., image on sheet 28.6 x 47 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 and UR). Printed (LC and LR images): C. Nahl, del. Printed (all images): Anthony & Baker, sc.; (LC): Entered...
1854 by James M. Hutchings... California. Orders, pre paid, addressed Box H, Placerville, El Dorado Co[unty], Cal[ifornia];
(LR): Sun Print. Printed captions. Handwritten letter on recto and verso dated 1855.
Subjects:
Indians of North America;
Manners & customs;
Rites & ceremonies;
Women
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Pictorial lettersheets