Title:
The place we hear about
Creator/Contributor:
Serrell & Perkins (active ca. 1850), lithographer and publisher (lithographer and publisher)
Date:
[1850?]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0445--B
Format:
print on paper: lithograph
34.3 x 46 cm.
Content/Description:
Chaotic scene of miners digging, fighting, drinking, getting sick, etc. Man in center shoots another man in face who holds
large bag of gold. Group identified as President Polk and his cabinet come down from building on hill to "reap rewards" of
California. Dialog balloons.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, below title): Lith. & pub. by Serrell & Perkins 75 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork]. Handwritten
(LC, within image): 50 Par[is]. Companion piece to 1963.002:0444--B.
Subjects:
Criminals;
Frontier & pioneer life;
Gold rushes;
Miners;
Mining
Genre/Format:
Caricatures;
Cartoons (Commentary);
Lithographs