Defense of the California Bank – Vintage Wall Art
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Defense of the California Bank comes to life in this antique lithograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Defense of the California Bank
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The title, *Defense of the California Bank*, points to the gold rush. News of the strikes reached the East in late 1848, and President James K. Polk confirmed the discoveries to Congress that December. New York publishers Henry Serrell and S. Lee Perkins issued this lithograph in 1849, and its subjects include Queen Isabella II of Spain, Napoleon III, Britain, and Russia alongside American army and navy forces. The print reflects a common anxiety of the day: that European powers would seek to take advantage of California's riches, and that the nation had to defend them.
| Created / published | N.Y. : Lith & pubd by Henry Serrell & S. Lee Perkins, 1849. |
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| Medium | 1 print : lithograph on wove paper ; 26.4 x 36.9 cm. (image) |
| Genre | Lithographs 1840-1850.Political cartoons 1840-1850. |
| Notes | December 1848 or early 1849. Drawn by S. Lee Perkins? Lith & pubd by Henry Serrell & S. Lee Perkins 75 Nassau St N.Y. Title appears as it is written on the item. Maurice & Cooper, p. 149, 152-153. Murrell, p. 175, 179. Weitenkampf, p. 98. Forms part of: American cartoon print filing series (Library of Congress) Published in: American political prints, 1766-1876 / Bernard F. Reilly. Boston : G.K. Hall, 1991, entry 1849-1. |
| Subjects | Isabella--II,--Queen of Spain,--1830-1904. Napoleon--III,--Emperor of the French,--1808-1873. Polk, James K. (James Knox),--1795-1849. United States.--Army--1840-1850. United States.--Navy--1840-1850. Nativism--1840-1850. California--1840-1850. France--1840-1850. Great Britain--1840-1850. Russia--1840-1850. San Francisco (Calif.)--1840-1850. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,036 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-110944 |
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