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Title: Joaquin Murieta
Creator: Nahl, Charles Christian (1818-1878), German, artist
Date Created and/or Issued: 1859
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: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: Mexican bandit Murieta rides raging horse on steep mountain trail while brandishing knife in right hand; elaborate saddle and stirrups. Depiction reflects popular fascination with legendary horse bandit.
Title based on printed label (on mount): Joaquin Murieta/an original drawing by Charles Nahl, San Francisco, 1859.
Type: image
Format: Painting on paper: watercolor and ink 22 x 16.7 cm., dome top
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf80001193
BANC PIC 1963.002:1321--FR
Subject: Criminals
Horses
Mexicans

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