Horizontal print has four vignettes of scenes from the assassination. Assassination: depicts the actual crime in the streets of San Francisco. Surrender of the Jail: depicts mob scene as vigilance committee demands the sheriff to hand the prisoner to them. Funeral of Js. King: depicts the large crowds gathered along the street for the funeral procession. Execution: depicts the hanging of James Casey from the Vigilance Committee Rooms. The vignettes flank a central column of text which describes these scenes in detail
Description:
Title from caption of text column. and Printed area measures 26.2 x 39.5 cm.
D. Needham, 223 Main St. Buffalo, [New York] E. B. & E. C. Kellogg, 144 Fulton St. N.Y., [New York] & 136 Main St. Hartford, Conn
Published / Created:
1847
Call Number:
1979 Folio 88
Collection Title:
[Mexican War lithographs.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Mexican War. Other Text: "Defeat of the Mexican Army under Genl. Santa Anna 20,000 men, Feby. 23, 1847, by the United States force under Genl. Taylor, numbering only 5,000.__Loss of the U.S. in killed, wounded and missing, about 800, that of the enemy in