Title:
The Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras County, California [redwood]
Creator/Contributor:
Ayres, Thomas A. (1816-1858), American, artist (artist)
Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), lithographer (lithographer)
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer (printer)
Date:
c1855
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0380--D
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, hand colored
54 x 66.5 cm.
Content/Description:
View showing main features of mammoth tree grove: Father of the Forest, Mother of the Forest, Three Graces, Big Tree, Miner's
and Pioneer's Cabin, Horseback Ride, and Sentinels. Includes view of hotel
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (MC). Printed (LL): Sketched from nature by T.A. Ayres, 1855; (LC): Printed by Britton & Rey/Entered... 1855
by T.A. Ayres... Cal[ifornia]; (LR): Drawn on stone by Kuchel & Dresel, 176 Clay St[reet], S[an] F[rancisco]. Each item captioned.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Nature;
Plants
Genre/Format:
Lithographs, color