Title:
[Two satirical drawings relating to Gold Rush in California]
Creator/Contributor:
Cham (Amédée Charles Henri de Noe) (1819-1879), French, artist (artist)
P. S. (active 1850s), French?, engraver (engraver)
Diolot [Diglot?] (active 1850s), French, engraver (engraver)
Date:
[185-?]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0458--B
Format:
print on paper: engraving
37.2 x 26 cm., sheet
Content/Description:
Two images: (upper) depicts men and animals struggling to carry huge loads of gold; (lower) refers to shortage of women in
California and depicts trunk full of women which are about to be shipped to west coast.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC): Croquis Californiens, par Cham.; (MC): Aspect général de la Californie depuis que l'on y trouve des lingots
d'or de plus gros en plus gros; (LC): M. Williaume exportant en Californie un article qui est excessivement demandé. Printed
(LL, within upper image): P.S.; (LL, lower image): Diolot. Illustration on page from Le Charivari magazine. Inscriptions in
French.
Subjects:
Gold rushes;
Women
Genre/Format:
Cartoons (Commentary);
Engravings