A color print of an illustration of a tall White woman in a bonnet and full skirt embracing a frowning White man in uniform, below several paragraphs of text.

One of the Californian Bo-Hoys Taking Leave of His Gal.

Edward Williams Clay (1799-1857)

Date

1846
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Toned lithograph with applied watercolor
Contributors

Hand colored by Henry R. Robinson
Dimensions

13 1/4 x 9 7/8 in.
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.l.: Well Jake as you' re agoin away. I've got \ three shillin so let's go to George Brown' s41 \ Pearl Street and get two stews and a couple \ of horns!
u.r.: Good bye Liz! Here's my daggerotype likeness! \ I'd stand treat but I haint got the ghost of a red \ cent left, our uniforms is so very expensive- When \ I come back from Californy I'll bring you a whole lot of little golden Jesusses and crosses! I will upon \ the honor of a soldier!
c.r.: Hurry on with my luggage or the \ Sheriff and his 500 M.P.s will nab me!
c.r.: Clear the way there for the \ Colonels luggage!
l.l. signed in plate: E.W.C.
l.l.: LITH. OF H.R. ROBINSON
l.l. to l.r.: Entered according to act of Congress in the year 1846 by H.R. Robinson in the Clerks Office of the district court of the U.S. for the Southern district of N.Y.
l.l. to l.r.: ONE OF THE CALIFORNIAN BO-HOYS TAKING LEAVE OF HIS GAL.
l.r.: 142, NASSAU ST. N.Y.
Credit Line

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

1977.24
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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