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A color print of a flooded city; boats and rafts where the streets should be.

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

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

Object Details

  • 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

Additional details

Location: Off view
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