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Title
Finding it
Creator
Dixon, Maynard (1875-1946), American, artist
Date Created and/or Issued
[19--?]
Publication Information
Bancroft Library
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Honeyman (Robert B., Jr.) - Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Rights Information
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Description
Two bearded miners holding pick and hammer prospect for gold in rocky landscape; burro with load stands to left. Miner on ground looks up having found gold.
Handwritten title (on verso) in artist's hand? Signature (LL): Maynard Dixon. Partial label of artist on verso. Possibly illustration for magazine.
Type
image
Format
Painting on board: watercolor and pencil 18.7 x 27.2 cm., on mount 24.5 x 31.2 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf5r29p2t0
BANC PIC 1963.002:0275--A
Subject
Animals
Clothing & dress
Equipment
Gold rushes
Miners
Mining

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