Price: $4,950.00
SKU: 13122
PUBLISHER: Published by Currier & Ives, 125 Nassau St. New York.
MEDIUM: Lithograph handcolored,
DATE: 1871.
EDITION SIZE: Small folio - image size 8 7/16 x 12 7/16" (21.9 x 31.5 cm).
DESCRIPTION: Number eleven in the New Best 50 Currier & Ives prints.<br><br> This image depicts gold miners in California during the Gold Rush. In the foreground, two men are shown shoveling sediment into a Long Tom capped with a sluice box, while another man scoops up the remainder and deposits it into a rocker. Behind them, another trio work hard rock with pickaxes and a high-pressure water hose. A small mining camp can be seen in the distance.<br><br> There's gold in "dem thar hills".<br>
ADDITIONAL INFO: A very nice example of this scarce lithograph.
CONDITION: Good condition. Bright original hand coloring.
REFERENCE: Conningham #2412.
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