Title:
The miner's Ten Commandments
Creator/Contributor:
Eastman, Harrison (1823-1886), American, artist (artist)
Anthony & Baker (active 1850s), engraver (engraver)
Sun Print (active ca. 1850), printer (printer)
Date:
c1853
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0093 (variant 2)--B
Format:
print on tinted paper: wood engraving
28.5 x 23.4 cm., image on sheet 28.5 x 46.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Eleven marginal views illustrating bad habits of miner including: claim jumping, gambling, household chores, family life,
gaming, working, and partnerships. Upper image includes elephant pointing to commandments.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (MC). Printed (within some images): H. Eastman, del; Anthony & Baker. Printed (LC): Sun print, San Francisco/Entered...
1853 by James M. Hutchings... California, Orders, pre-paid, addressed Box H, Placerville, El Dorado Co[unty], Cal[ifornia].
Each image numbered.
Subjects:
Animals;
Frontier & pioneer life;
Gold rushes;
Manners & customs;
Miners;
Mining
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Pictorial lettersheets