Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Group Creator Name:
- Wide West Office (active ca. 1852-ca. 1856), undetermined
Title:
Dame Partington in California
Date:
[18--]
Materials:
print on tinted paper: engraving
Dimensions:
27.4 x 21.6 cm., image on sheet 27.4 x 43.1 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0024--B
Subject:
- Events
- Cartoons (Commentary)
- Engravings
- Pictorial lettersheets
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Satire on opponents on 1856 Vigilance Committee illustrates text by Sydney Smith which tells of Mrs. Partington who attempted to turn back the Atlantic Ocean in a terrible storm with a broom. Law and order (David C. Broderick?) seen in housewife's garb sweeps back floodwaters of vigilance and reform with broom of proclamation. Jester on barrel marked "Herald" blows trumpet; sun-faced figure holds bayonet while standing on stool.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (UC). Printed (LL): W.W. Kurtz & Co., Wide West Office, 162 Washington Street, San Francisco.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf0f59n9v x

Dame Partington in California