Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Cary, W. M., engraver
Creator Role:
engraver
Title:
[Illustration for poem] Bust!
Date:
[not before 1858]
Materials:
print on paper: engraving
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0807--B
Subject:
- Animals
- Arms & armaments
- Bison
- Cattle
- Gold rushes
- Vehicles
- West
(U.S.)
- Engravings
- Illustrations
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Illustration for poem by Richard Henry Stoddard. Scene following Indian attack. Covered wagon with "Pikes Peak or Bust" written on canvas stands idle; one oxen lays dead, other has arrows protruding from torso; legs of dead man (Jim Smith) extend from brush near wagon wheels; and various weapons lay abandoned on ground. Buffalo stands nearby as buzzards circle overhead.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC): Bust! W. M. Cary. Printed (LL, within image): W.M. Cary; (on wagon chassis, within image): Jim Smith.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf5x0nb77 7

[Illustration for poem] Bust!