Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Lanz (active ca. 1850), French?, artist (attributed to)
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[After discovering a good mine, one often encounters bad fellows (plate)]
Date:
[ca. 1850]
Materials:
print on porcelain plate: engraving
Dimensions:
21.2 x 21.2 cm., diameter
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1872--OBJ
Subject:
- Criminals
- Gold rushes
- Miners
- Artifacts
- Engravings
Heading:
Content/Description:
Notes:
French miner carrying tools and bags of gold encounters two rough looking men carrying big sticks in forest.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Printed title (LC): Après avoir découvert une bonne mine, on en rencontre parfois d'assez mauvaises. Printed (LC, above title): No. 6. Manufacturer's stamp (on verso): Creil et Montereau/Porcel Opaque. L.M. & Cie. Medailles d'or 1834, 39, 44, et 49. Inscriptions in French.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf4m3nb6j 4

[After discovering a good mine, one often encounters bad fellows (plate)]