Title:
[Pleasures of bathing in the Sacramento River, California (plate)]
Creator/Contributor:
Lanz (active ca. 1850), French?, artist (attributed to) (artist)
Date:
[ca. 1850]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1871--OBJ
Format:
print on porcelain plate: engraving
21.2 x 21.2 cm., diameter
Content/Description:
Man in bathing trunks surprised by alligator as he wades into river; figure in mouth alligator in distance; tropical foliage.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Plaisirs du bain dans le Sacramento. Printed (LC, above title): No. 6. Manufacturer's stamp (on verso):
Creil et Montereau/Porcel Opaque. L.M. & Cie. Medailles d'or 1834, 39, 44, et 49. Inscriptions in French.
Subjects:
Animals;
California, Northern;
Manners & customs;
Rivers;
Sacramento (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Artifacts;
Engravings