Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: A wolf in the fold, or a fair trial of Laura [D. Fair]
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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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- Kock & Harnett (active 187-), American, printer
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Title:
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A wolf in the fold, or a fair trial of Laura [D. Fair]
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Date:
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[ca. 1871]
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Materials:
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print on paper mounted on board: lithograph
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Dimensions:
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50 x 38.5 cm., folded to 38.5 x 25 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 1963.002:0874--B
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Subject:
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- Animals
- Criminals
- Manners & customs
- Women
- Allegories
- Cartoons (Commentary)
- Lithographs
- Portraits
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Scathing account of Laura D. Fair murder trial verdict and jurors told in pictures and short limericks. Central image of Fair in bedroom dressed in undergarments surrounded by portrait vignettes of the jurors (most depicted as animals); courtroom scene above, shooting scene and Fair in jail below. Each scene is accompanied by deprecatory limerick.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Printed title (LC, within image). Printed (LR): Print by Kock & Harnett, S[an] F[rancisco].
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf4j49p3bm
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