Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Andrew, John (1815-1875), British, engraver
Creator Role:
engraver
Title:
California gold diggers, a scene from actual life at the mines
Date:
[18--]
Materials:
print on paper mounted on board: engraving, hand colored
Dimensions:
36.7 x 56.4 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0443--C
Subject:
- Camping
- Clothing & dress
- Equipment
- Gold rushes
- Miners
- Mining
- Engravings, color
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Camp scene with four miners and dog outside tent; mining equipment (shovels, gold pan, cradle, etc.), and one miner at work with pick at edge of stream; other miners and camps along stream in ravine in distance.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): John Andrew, Sc.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf2c6007r g

California gold diggers, a scene from actual life at the mines