Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Surrender of James P. Casey and Charles Cora to the Vigilance Committee on Sunday, May 18th 1856 [San Francisco, California]
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creator Name:
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Huestis, Charles B. (active ca. 1856-ca. 1859), artist
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Title:
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Surrender of James P. Casey and Charles Cora to the Vigilance Committee on Sunday, May 18th 1856 [San Francisco, California]
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Date:
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[1856]
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Materials:
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print on paper: engraving
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Dimensions:
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10.3 x 19.8 cm., image on sheet 25.2 x 39.8 cm.
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 1963.002:0116--B
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Subject:
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- Buildings
- California, Northern
- Criminals
- Events
- Military
personnel
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Engravings
- Pictorial lettersheets
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Includes image of jail surrounded by armed crowds; canon faces jail as prisoner is escorted to carriage.
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Heading:
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Printed title (LC). Printed (LR, within image): Huestis; (LC, above title):The Revolution of the People, the county jail in San Francisco besieged by three thousand citizen soldiers, armed and equipped. Handwritten letter dated 1856 (on verso). Blind Stamp (LL): (Illegible). For variant see 1963.002:0115--B.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf3z09p2wq
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