Camp 100 - Humbolt [sic] River – Historic Print
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Camp 100 - Humbolt [sic] River
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A small watercolor and graphite drawing titled *Camp 100 - Humbolt River* shows an emigrant campsite on the river that ran across northern Nevada. Its signature, "DAJ 1859," is the only attribution the record gives. The Humboldt was a well-traveled stretch of the overland route to the California gold fields, and the subjects listed for the work, including covered wagons, cooking, and a woman at camp, reflect the daily routine of travelers on that road in the late 1850s. Because the drawing is small and modest in scale, it reads more as a personal record of camp life than as a formal view of the landscape.
| Created / published | 1859 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 drawing on paper : graphite, ink, crayon and watercolor ; 18.2 x 25.4 cm. (sheet). |
| Genre | Drawings American 1850-1860. |
| Notes | Signed lower right: DAJ 1859. Purchase, Ed Cox Americana fund (Madison Council), 2000 (DLC/PP-2001:050.14) Published in: American women : a Library of Congress guide ... Washington : Library of Congress, 2001, p. 222. Exhibited in: American treasures of the Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 2003. |
| Subjects | Gold rushes--California--1850-1860. Cookery--1850-1860. Covered wagons--1850-1860. Camps--Nevada--1850-1860. Women--Nevada--1850-1860. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,550 × 2,520 px · prints to 12 × 8 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-222228 |
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