Title:
[Illustration for poem] Bust!
Creator/Contributor:
Cary, W. M., engraver (engraver)
Date:
[not before 1858]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0807--B
Format:
print on paper: engraving
Content/Description:
Illustration for poem by Richard Henry Stoddard. Scene following Indian attack. Covered wagon with "Pikes Peak or Bust" written
on canvas stands idle; one oxen lays dead, other has arrows protruding from torso; legs of dead man (Jim Smith) extend from
brush near wagon wheels; and various weapons lay abandoned on ground. Buffalo stands nearby as buzzards circle overhead.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Bust! W. M. Cary. Printed (LL, within image): W.M. Cary; (on wagon chassis, within image): Jim Smith.
Subjects:
Animals;
Arms & armaments;
Bison;
Cattle;
Gold rushes;
Vehicles;
West (U.S.)
Genre/Format:
Engravings;
Illustrations