Title:
View of Sacramento City as it appeared during the great inundation [of 1850, California]
Creator/Contributor:
Casilear, George W. (active ca. 1860), American, artist (artist)
Ormsby, W. L. (active ca. 1850), engraver (engraver)
Date:
[1850]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0253--A
Format:
print on paper: engraving
13.9 x 21.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Flooded area looking from levee on Sacramento River down J Street. Numerous rafts and rowboats on water; animals, tents, cargo,
houses, and buildings half submerged in flood waters.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): Painted by G.W. Casilear; (LR): Eng[rave]d by W.L. Ormsby. Date based on comparison to 1963.002:1537--E.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Events;
Rivers;
Sacramento (Calif.);
Waterfronts
Genre/Format:
Cityscapes;
Engravings