Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras County, California. Lapham & Haynes Proprs.
Call Number
A Middle 30/Drawer 09/GC024/Full Folio/19th c./Artists A-L GA 2017.00003
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc3b591n80g
Publisher
[San Francisco : [s.n.], 1855.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1855
Extent
1 item ; sheet 49.5 x 70.7 cm.
References
Curry & Kruska 4
Farquhar, pp.11-12 and 18
California on Stone, pp. 46, 143-144 and Plate 74
Deak, Picturing America 699
Kruska, Thomas Almond Ayres, pp. 11-12, item B (second issue)
Eberstadt 124:4, 133:205
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Lithographs
Signed in plate, lower left: "Sketched from nature by T.A. Ayers, 1855.".
Signed in plate, lower center: "Printed by Britton & Rey.".
Signed on stone, lower right: "Drawn on stone by Kuchel & Dressel, 146 Clay St. S.F.".
Item description: First edition.

Discovery Information

Subject
Landscapes—United States—1855
Landscapes—California—1855
Landscapes—Pacific States—1855
Landscapes—Southwestern States—1855
Trees—California—Calaveras County—In art
West (U.S.)—History—19th century—In art

Physical Characteristics

File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/6bcd1e6d-9244-4f63-8ff2-ced51419bc53/manifest