Title:
Diploma awarded by the Mechanics Institute, San Francisco [California]
Creator/Contributor:
Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), artist and lithographer (artist and lithographer)
Date:
1857-1858
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0640--C
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, color
41.2 x 54.3 cm.
Content/Description:
Awarded to Harrison Eastman for the best wood engraving, September 1858. Includes allegorical image related to mechanical
arts, science, industry and commerce with two male figures holding tools, and two female figures with infants.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed tiltle (MC). Printed (LR, within image): September 1858; (LC, within image): 1857. Lithographer based on comparison
to 1963.002:0640--D.
Subjects:
Equipment;
Industry;
Laborers;
Women
Genre/Format:
Allegories;
Certificates;
Lithographs, color