Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Group Creator Name:
- Serrell & Perkins (active ca. 1850), lithographer and publisher
Title:
Defence [sic] of the California Bank
Date:
[18--]
Materials:
print on paper: lithograph
Dimensions:
35.5 x 53.4 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0447--C
Subject:
- Animals
- Arms & armaments
- Gold rushes
- Military Facilities
- Mining
- Caricatures
- Cartoons (Commentary)
- Lithographs
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Content/Description:
Notes:
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:
Notes:
Printed title (LC). Printed (LC, above title): Lith. & pub[lishe]d Serrell & Perkins, 75 Nassau St[reet], N[ew] Y[ork].
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf487008h 9

Defence [sic] of the California Bank