Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Charpin (active ca. 1855), French, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[Actualities, San Francisco, California in 1855]
Date:
[ca. 1855]
Materials:
print on paper mounted on paper: lithograph
Dimensions:
25.4 x 35.5 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0459--B
Subject:
- California, Northern
- Chinese
- Frontier & pioneer life
- Manners &
customs
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Cartoons (Commentary)
- Illustrations
- Lithographs
Heading:
Content/Description:
Notes:
Satirical scene in front of police station showing two policemen grabbing three women (including Chinese) by their hair or coats and dragging them along. Several other scenes take place around, including duel scene, man conversing with semi-nude(?) woman, etc. Various signs on building in background.
Heading:
Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (UC): Croquis comiques pour les gents sérieux; (LC): Actualités, San Francisco en 1855. Printed (LL, within image): Charpin. Printed dialog caption (LC) stating that "Actualitiés" form a collection commenting on absurdities commited by legislature or by interpretations of law. Inscriptions in French.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf667nb6t 8

[Actualities, San Francisco, California in 1855]