Title:
Execution of Hetherington and Brace: the murderers of Baldwin, Randall, West, and Marion, July 29th, 1856
Creator/Contributor:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), lithographer and publisher (lithographer and publisher)
Date:
1856
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0031--B
Format:
print on tinted paper: lithograph
21.2 x 27 cm., image on sheet 42.4 x 27 cm.
Content/Description:
Crowds and soldiers on plaza and surrounding buildings; gallows platform with two men hanging in center; "Fort Gunnybags"
at right. The men were hung by the Committee of Vigilance for the murderers of Baldwin, Randall, West, and Marion on July
29th, 1856
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Lith. & pub. by Britton & Rey, S[an] F[rancisco]. Blind stamp (UL): [...] Fils, Bordeaux.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Criminals;
Events;
San Francisco (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Lithographs;
Pictorial lettersheets