Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Taber, W. (active ca. 1891), artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[Vigilance Committee hanging of James Stuart on July 11, 1851, San Francisco, California]
Date:
[1891]
Materials:
drawing on paper: pen and ink
Dimensions:
29.7 x 44.2 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0304--B
Subject:
- California, Northern
- Criminals
- Events
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Waterfronts
- Drawings
Heading:
Content/Description:
Notes:
Riotous crowd of men on Market Street Wharf surround gallows where Stuart stands awaiting execution with noose around his neck. Rowboats on water, men climbing in rigging of a ship and standing on adjacent buildings to watch execution.
Heading:
Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Handwritten title (LR): Vigilance Committee Hanging, Ja[me]s Stuart, San Francisco, July 11, 1851. Signature (LL, within image): Taber. Probably an illustration for magazine article in The Century.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf3v19p2h c

[Vigilance Committee hanging of James Stuart on July 11, 1851, San Francisco, California]