Title:
[Gold mines of California]
Creator/Contributor:
Holdredge, Ransom Gillett (1836-1899), American, lithographer and publisher (lithographer and publisher)
Date:
[185-?]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0251--B
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, color
25.3 x 33.4 cm.
Content/Description:
Distressed Derville flees burning city (San Francisco 1851?); Classical-style buildings line street filled with fleeing crowds
(women, men and children) as flames engulf buildings in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (UC): Les Mines d'Or de la Californie. Printed (LR): Paris, Lith. Hollier, r. Galande 37. Printed text (LC)
describes fictional? character Derville and his adventures in California. Inscriptions in French.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Fires;
Gold rushes;
San Francisco (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Lithographs, color;
Portraits