Title:
San Francisco Fire Department [certificate]
Creator/Contributor:
Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878), German, artist (artist)
Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison (active ca. 1855), engraver (engraver)
Date:
c1855
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0982--C
Format:
print on paper: engraving
59.6 x 45.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Awarded to Richard P. Robinson, November 5, 1852. Includes images of firefighters, and firefighting equipment and engines;
allegorical figures include water god, angel, and Minerva (and Charity?).
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (MC). Printed (LL): Charles Nahl, del.; (LC): Entered... 1855 by the San Francisco Fire Department... New York;
(LR): Engraved by Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Edison, New York.
Subjects:
Equipment;
Fires;
Vehicles;
Women
Genre/Format:
Allegories;
Certificates;
Engravings