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Title: The miner's Ten Commandments
Creator: Eastman, Harrison (1823-1886), American, artist Anthony & Baker (active 1850s), engraver Sun Print (active ca. 1850), printer
Date Created and/or Issued: c1853
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: Eleven marginal views illustrating bad habits of miner including: claim jumping, gambling, household chores, family life, gaming, working, and partnerships. Upper image includes elephant pointing to commandments.
Printed title (MC). Printed (within some images): H. Eastman, del; Anthony & Baker. Printed (LC): Sun print, San Francisco/Entered... 1853 by James M. Hutchings... California, Orders, pre-paid, addressed Box H, Placerville, El Dorado Co[unty], Cal[ifornia]. Each image numbered. Handwritten letter on recto dated 1854. Transcription of letter enclosed.
Type: image
Format: Print on paper: wood engraving 28.5 x 23.2 cm., image on sheet 28.5 x 46.5 cm.
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf9r29p64t
BANC PIC 1963.002:0093 (enclosure)--B
Subject: Animals
Frontier & pioneer life
Gold rushes
Manners & customs
Miners
Mining

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