Celestial empire in California
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2001217
Description
- Title
- Celestial empire in California
- Contributor
- Britton & Rey, lithographer, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [185-]
- Publication Place
- San Francisco and United States California San Francisco
- Publisher
- Britton & Rey
- Abstract
-
Unused pictorial letter sheet. Upper illustration entitled "Miners" shows Chinese doing daily chores and eating outside camp tents. Lower illustration entitled "Gamblers" shows Chinese gambling around a table. Miners is a mirror image of an 1857 lithograph by J.D. Borthwick entitled "Chinese camp in the mines."
- Description
- Title from caption at top of images.
- Extent
- 1 sheet : 27 x 22 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- WA Prints 400
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Pictorial works
Stationery California San Francisco
Lithographs - Material
- lithograph, b&w ;, paper, ink, and lithography
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
-
California
San Francisco. - Subject (Topic)
-
Chinese
Mines and mineral resources
Gold mines and mining
Miners
Gold miners
Gambling - Subjects
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Chinese > California > Pictorial works
Mines and mineral resources > California > Pictorial works
Gold mines and mining > California > Pictorial works
Miners > California > Pictorial works
Gold miners > California > Pictorial works
Gambling > California > Pictorial works
Chinese
Miners
Mines and mineral resources
California > San Francisco
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 15522730
- Object ID (OID)
- 2001217