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Title
San-Francisco : 1849
Creator
Firks, Henry, artist
Devereux, George T., approximately 1810-, artist
Fishbourne's Litho C., printer
Jones, W. H. (Auctioneer), publisher
Contributor
Last, Jay T., donor
Date Created and/or Issued
1849
Contributing Institution
Huntington Library
Collection
Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History
Rights Information
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Description
Image of an elevated landscape view of the city of San Francisco, California, showing ships in the bay, houses on the hillside, and tents in the foreground; location key printed in bottom margin.
"Fishbourne's Litho C., San Francisco, Cal."--text, lower left. "Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1849 by G.T. Devereux; for W.H. Jones, in the Clerks Office of the District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania."--text, bottom margin centered. "Drawn on the Spot by Henry Firks, for / W.H. Jones Esq. / of San-Francisco U.C."--text, bottom centered.
Type
image
Extent
1 lithograph : uncolored ; overall 45.72 x 88.58 cm (18 x 34 7/8 in.)
Identifier
priJLC_VIEW_000569
408332
http://hdl.huntington.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16003coll4/id/1305
Language
English
Subject
San Francisco (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Landscapes--Pictorial works
Ships--Pictorial works
Cities and towns--Pictorial works
Lithographs--1825-1850. (gmgpc)
Views. (gmgpc)
Source
Jay T. Last Collection
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Large Size
West
The Jay T. Last Collection of Graphic Arts and Social History, Huntington Digital Library

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