Title:
[Vigilance Committee hanging of James Stuart on July 11, 1851, San Francisco, California]
Creator/Contributor:
Taber, W. (active ca. 1891), artist (artist)
Date:
[1891]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0304--B
Format:
drawing on paper: pen and ink
29.7 x 44.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Riotous crowd of men on Market Street Wharf surround gallows where Stuart stands awaiting execution with noose around his
neck. Rowboats on water, men climbing in rigging of a ship and standing on adjacent buildings to watch execution.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LR): Vigilance Committee Hanging, Ja[me]s Stuart, San Francisco, July 11, 1851. Signature (LL, within image):
Taber. Probably an illustration for magazine article in The Century.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Criminals;
Events;
San Francisco (Calif.);
Waterfronts
Genre/Format:
Drawings