Title:
A wolf in the fold, or a fair trial of Laura [D. Fair]
Creator/Contributor:
Kock & Harnett (active 187-), American, printer (printer)
Date:
[ca. 1871]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0874--B
Format:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph
50 x 38.5 cm., folded to 38.5 x 25 cm.
Content/Description:
Scathing account of Laura D. Fair murder trial verdict and jurors told in pictures and short limericks. Central image of Fair
in bedroom dressed in undergarments surrounded by portrait vignettes of the jurors (most depicted as animals); courtroom scene
above, shooting scene and Fair in jail below. Each scene is accompanied by deprecatory limerick.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC, within image). Printed (LR): Print by Kock & Harnett, S[an] F[rancisco].
Subjects:
Animals;
Criminals;
Manners & customs;
Women
Genre/Format:
Allegories;
Cartoons (Commentary);
Lithographs;
Portraits