Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: Defence [sic] of the California Bank
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Group Creator Name:
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- Serrell & Perkins (active ca. 1850), lithographer and publisher
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Title:
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Defence [sic] of the California Bank
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Date:
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[18--]
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Materials:
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print on paper: lithograph
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Dimensions:
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35.5 x 53.4 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 1963.002:0447--C
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Subject:
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- Animals
- Arms & armaments
- Gold rushes
- Military Facilities
- Mining
- Caricatures
- Cartoons (Commentary)
- Lithographs
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Satirical image including caricatures representing England, Russia, France, and Spain coming into Bay of San Francisco; military encampment (soldiers and cannons) and two figures with animal bodies (President James K. Polk and another figure) guarding shore against foreigners.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Lith. & pub[lishe]d Serrell & Perkins, 75 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork].
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf487008h9
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