Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878), German, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[Incident on the Chagres River, Panama]
Date:
1867
Materials:
painting on canvas: oil
Dimensions:
68.2 x 94.4 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1361--FR
Subject:
- Animals
- Cattle
- Central America
- Nature
- Panama
- Rivers
- Vessels
- Voyages to the Pacific
- Landscapes
- Oil paintings
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Flat boat with small group of passengers being poled up river over shallow rapids by native polers; one pole man goes overboard; old boat wreakage wedged under flotsam-laden outcropping in river. Tropical vegetation frames scene; two cows on shore, far left.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Supplied title. Signature and date: (LL): Charles Nahl, 1867.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf658010c s

[Incident on the Chagres River, Panama]