Title:
The independent gold hunter on his way to California: I neither borrow nor lend
Creator/Contributor:
Currier, Nathaniel (1813-1888), American, lithographer and publisher (lithographer and publisher)
Date:
[between 1849 and 1852]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1485--B
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
43.3 x 34.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Prospector loaded down with mining tools, cookware, knives, and food items making his way to California; signpost displaying
distances to California and St. Louis.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by N. Currier; (LR): 152 Nassau St[reet], cor[er] of Spruce, N[ew] Y[ork];
(LC, below title): 190. Date based on lithographer/publisher active dates at above location. See also 1963.002:0440--B and
1963.002:0441--B.
Subjects:
Clothing & dress;
Equipment;
Gold rushes;
Miners;
Overland journeys to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Lithographs, color