Image of an eye-level landscape view of a large sequoia redwood tree in Calaveras County, California, with Native Americans, a tipi, and white tourists in formal dress viewing the tree; a to-scale drawing of a pine cone on a branch at bottom center. "From Nature by J. M. Lapham."--text, bottom left margin. "Lith. Britton & Rey, San Francisco"--text, bottom right margin. "Standing on the Head Waters of the Stanislaus & San Antoine Rivers, in Calaveras County, California. Diametre [sic] 31 Feet at the Base,- Circumference 96 Feet - Height 290 ft. - 3000 Years Old"--text, bottom margin. "Entered according to Act of congress in the year 1853 by [?] H. [?]anford, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Northern Distt. of California"--text, bottom margin centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 57.15 x 42.86 cm (22 1/2 x 16 7/8 in.)
Calaveras County (Calif.)--Pictorial works Wilderness areas--Pictorial works Indians of North America--Pictorial works Tipis--North America--Pictorial works Tourism--Pictorial works Trees--Pictorial works Giant sequoia--Pictorial works Lithographs--1850-1875. (gmgpc) Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection View Prints Large Size West The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library
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