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:
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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:
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University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft LibraryBerkeley, CA 94720-6000, US
- Contact:
- 510-642-6481