Panoramic View of Virginia City [Nevada]

Carleton E. Watkins (1829-1916)

Date

1878
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Wood engraving with applied watercolor
Dimensions

14 x 43 9/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l. to l.r. printed.: NEVADA.--THE SOURCE OF OUR SILVER WEALTH--PANORAMIC VIEW OF VIRGINIA CITY, SHOWING THE GREAT BONANZA MINES ON THE COMSTOCK LODE, INCLUDING THE CONSOLIDATED VIRGINIA, THE CALIFORNIA, THE OPHIR, THE GOULD & CURRY, THE HALE & NORCROSS, THE SAVAGE, ETC.--
l.l. printed: GOLD HILL.
l.c. printed: MOUNT DAVIDSON. \ TOWN HALL \ MOUND OF UNPRODUCTIVE QUARTZ. \ PRINCIPAL HOTEL \ (FROM PHOTOGRAPHS BY WATKINS, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.)
l.r.printed: Supplement Gratis with No. 1,170 of FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1976.14
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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