Description |
xv, 148 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 27 cm |
Note |
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, Calif., Jan. 24-May 31, 1998; Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, Calif., June 20-Sept. 13, 1998; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Dec. 30, 1998- Mar. 7, 1999. |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 138-139) and index. |
Contents |
Foreword / Stephen C. McGough and Dennis M. Power -- Acknowledgments / Harvey L. Jones, Janice T. Driesbach and Katherine C. Holland -- Map of the Gold Country -- Introduction: The Lure of Gold / Janice T. Driesbach -- First in the Field: Thomas A. Ayres and E. Hall Martin / Janice T. Driesbach and Harvey L. Jones -- Scenes of Mining Life: John Prendergast, Augusto Ferran, William McIlvaine, W. Taber, William Birch McMurtrie, Harrison Eastman, Samuel Stillman Osgood, A. G., John Henry Dunnel, Washington F. Friend, John Woodhouse Audubon, Francis Samuel Marryat, and E. Godchaux / Janice T. Driesbach -- Portrait Painter to the Elite: William Smith Jewett / Janice T. Driesbach -- The Hessian Party: Charles Christian Nahl, Arthur Nahl, and August Wenderoth / Harvey L. Jones -- Souvenirs of the Mother Lode: Ernest Narjot and George Henry Burgess / Harvey L. Jones -- Mining the Picturesque: A. D. O. Browere / Janice T. Driesbach |
Subject |
Art, American -- California -- 19th century -- Exhibitions.
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Gold mines and mining in art.
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California -- Gold discoveries -- Pictorial works -- Exhibitions.
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Added Author |
Jones, Harvey, 1935-
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Holland, Katherine Church.
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Oakland Museum.
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Crocker Art Museum.
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National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
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ISBN |
0520214315 cloth alkaline paper |
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9780520214316 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520214323 paperback alkaline paper |
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9780520214323 paperback alkaline paper |
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