The Independent Gold Hunter on His Way to California
A caricature of a prospector laden with tools and supplies. A signpost pointing in two directions in the background is lettered: "To St. Louis 350 Miles / To California 1700 Ms"
Artwork Details
- Title: The Independent Gold Hunter on His Way to California
- Publisher: Kelloggs & Comstock (American, active Hartford, Connecticut, 1848–50)
- Publisher: Ensign & Thayer (Buffalo, New York)
- Date: 1848–9
- Medium: Hand-colored lithograph
- Dimensions: Image: 12 3/8 × 8 3/8 in. (31.4 × 21.2 cm)
Sheet: 13 11/16 × 9 1/4 in. (34.7 × 23.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Albert Ten Eyck Gardner, 1967
- Object Number: 67.618.1
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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