Title:
The fallen Hercules of the grove
Creator/Contributor:
Vischer, Edward (1808-1879), German, artist and publisher (artist and publisher)
Kuchel, C. C. (1820-ca. 1865), Swiss, lithographer (lithographer)
Nagel, Louis (active ca. 1844-ca. 1873), German, printer (printer)
Date:
c1862
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0385.10--ALB
Format:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
27.7 x 34.7 cm.
Content/Description:
Uprooted tree in forest; several figures climb on fallen tree; two Indians stand in foreground
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (UL): The Mammoth grove; (UC): Vischer's views of California; (UR): Plate X; (LC, below title):
Dimentions-- Height while standing 320 feet, circumference at the base 95 feet, swept down by the December Gale, 1861/Entered...1862
by Edward Vischer... California.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Nature;
Plants
Genre/Format:
Landscapes;
Lithographs, color