View of Sacramento City. As it Appeared During the Great Inundation January 1850.

George W. Casilear (1825-1912), Henry Bainbridge

Date

1850
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Printed by Napoleon Sarony

Published by Henry Bainbridge
Dimensions

Image: 22 1/2 x 37 3/16 in.
Sheet: 26 15/16 x 39 1/16 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
l.l.: DRAWN FROM NATURE by GEO. W. CASILEAR & \ HENRY BAINBRIDGE. \ Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1850 by Casilear & Bainbridge \ in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Southern District of \ New York. \ LITH. OF SARONY, NEW YORK.
l.c.: LEVEE. \ VIEW OF SACRAMENTO CITY. \ AS IT APPEARED DURING THE GREAT INUNDATION IN JANUARY 1850. \ [descriptive account]
l.r.: We cheerfully concur in recommending the above Picture as being a true \ and accurate Drawing of the City of Sacramento, as it appeared \ during the flood of January 1850. \ Capt. TA Sutter \ [illeg. initials] \ J.S. Thomas Alcalde of Sacramento City. \ E.H. Giles. Editor of the 'Placer Times' \ Sacramento City. \ Hubert Priest' Firm of Priest Lee, & C[o]. \ Sacramento City.
Credit Line

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

1972.101
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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