Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material

Crossing the Isthmus [Panama], [1855]

Creators:
Marryat, Francis Samuel (1826-1855) , British , artist Brandard, J., lithographer M. & N. Hanhart (active ca. 1851-ca. 1857), printer
Physical facet:
print on paper mounted on board: lithograph, color
Dimensions:
13.5 x 18.5 cm.
Other descriptive data:

Chaotic scene showing travelers making way through tropical landscape; donkeys and horses throw passengers and drop cargo; natives carry westerners on their backs and pull their dogs; woman among group.

Printed title (LC). Printed (LL): F. Marryat; (LC, below title): M. & N. Hanhart, impt.; (LR): J. Brandard. From "Mountains and molehills, or Recollections of a burnt journal" by Frank Marryat (London, 1855).

Access and use

Location of this collection:
University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
Contact:
510-642-6481