California Gold Diggers.

PrinterPrinted by Kelloggs & Comstock (American, 1848 - 1850)

PublisherPublished by Kelloggs & Comstock (American, 1848 - 1850)

PublisherPublished by D. Needham (American, 1808 - 1888)

Date1849-1850

MediumLithography; printer's ink and watercolor on wove paper

DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (image height x width): 8 9/16 x 12 7/16in. (21.7 x 31.6cm) Sheet (height x width): 12 11/16 x 15 3/4in. (32.2 x 40cm)

ClassificationsGraphics

Credit LineMuseum purchase

Object number1994.161.0

DescriptionA large group of people in the California gold fields. In the foreground, two Native Americans use a rocker system to sluice for gold while a man with a black hat looks on. A woman stands nearby. Other men are digging and washing for gold in a stream and on a mountainside; some are just arriving while others are well-established. Some use shovels. Some use buckets or baskets. A man with a pick ax stands beside a barrel in the right foreground. A tent and a teepee are on a rise in the middle ground near a willow tree.

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