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Buy this book on-line Cameron, John after George Victor Cooper : Entrance to the River Chagres [Panama]New York: Henry Bill, 1853.
Line engraving measuring 277 x 137 mm. From a set of rare, contemporary views of California during the Gold Rush, which though not from one of the many official reports of the period, do provide images as accurate and informative as any of the government publications. This charming lithograph was issued in John M. Lett's A Pictorial View of California, which claimed to have "Information and Advice Interesting To All, Particularly Those Who Intend To Visit The Golden Region." The artist, G. V. Cooper, was a painter, cameo cutter and sculptor who went to California with Letts in 1849, making sketches of many of the major sites. Those prints provided some of the earliest accurate, first-hand images that those on the East Coast would have had of California during the Gold Rush, and they wonderfully capture this brief yet seminal moment in American history. Drawn by J. Cameron. Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Cameron, John after George Victor Cooper : Entrance to the River Chagres [Panama]. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out of print books, livres rares, livres illustrées, atlases and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |