Low angle view. and Depicts a hydraulic mining operation in a steep ravine along the Mokelumne River; numerous buildings of a mining camp, water wheels, and sluices; miners are working with picks along an excavated hillside.
Publisher:
Lith. by Justh, Quirot & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
Mokelumne River (Calif.), Mokelumne Hill (Calif.), and California
BEIN WA Prints 425: Hand colored. Autograph letter dated Jan. 27, 1859. On sheet: 24 x 19 cm., Relief shown pictorially., Oriented with north to the left., and Coordinates not present and are approximated.
An engraved writing sheet illustrated with seven scenes from Gay’s Fables, each titled above and with rhyming couplet below. At head, and the largest scene, is ‘The Shepherd and the Philosopher’; six smaller scenes form the right and left borders below. A garlanded oval, designed to carry a hand-inserted date-line, is engraved at the foot above the imprint
Description:
Title engraved at top of plate, on either side of the image of "The shepherd and the philosopher.", Watermark: [...]anshaw., and Sheet annotated in ink with the name 'Thomas Harbidge' and the date 'Decr. 19. 1787' in the blank oval at foot. Written in manuscript in black ink at the center of the sheet are three passages, beginning with 'Education either makes or mars us, and governments as well as private families, are concerned in it’s [sic] consequences, abcde’, and concluding with 'Good books are a guide in youth, and an entertainment for age, they support us under solitude and keep us from being a burden to ourselves'.
Publisher:
Published by Robt. Sayer, map, chart & printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street
A writing sheet illustrated with scenes from Thomas Dibdin’s pantomime, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Boxing Day 1806 and a few months before this sheet was issued. There were at least twelve different scenes in Dibdin’s work, from which nine were chosen to illustrate the borders of the sheet. Another illustration at the foot of the sheet shows a carriage and a wagon followed by soldiers on horseback on a bridge over a river
Alternative Title:
Golden egg
Description:
Title etched at top of plate. and Watermark and countermark: J. Whatman 1805. Lower right corner torn.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1807, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title engraved at top of image., A writing sheet, with borders decorated with scenes from Hogarth's series Industry and idleness., Interior blank space annotated in contemporary hand with three verses and dated June 1, 1778., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by R. Sayer, and J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
BEIN WA Prints 411: Some annotations in manuscript. Autograph: Edward Allen. On sheet 21 x 27 cm, Oriented with north to the right., and Coordinates not present on map and are approximated.
BEIN WA Prints 422: Autograph letter dated April 1857. On sheet: 21 x 21 cm., Relief shown pictorially., Oriented with north to the left., and Coordinates not present on map and are approximated.
BEIN WA Prints 406: Stamp: T.W. Norris Collection, Bancroft Library. On sheet: 21 x 27 cm., Relief shown pictorially., and Coordinates not present and are approximated.
Publisher:
Lith. & publ. by Britton & Rey
Subject (Geographic):
Mission District (San Francisco, Calif.)
Subject (Name):
San Francisco de Asís Mission (San Francisco, Calif.)