(CALIFORNIA) Britton Rey; lithographers and publishers The

Sale 2207 - Lot 48

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(CALIFORNIA.) Britton & Rey; lithographers and publishers. The Winter of 1852 & 3. Lithograph on one page, 8 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches, of a 4-page letter sheet otherwise blank; pages spot-pasted together on verso of image, fold lines and very minor foxing. San Francisco, circa 1853

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Britton & Rey printed a series of Gold Rush views intended for use as stationery. This one consists of four vignettes, including a scene of bedraggled miners shopping in a store with extortionate prices; miners trekking through the snow towards a creekside cabin; and horses struggling with muddy roads. This series was created "by artists on the spot . . . of utmost importance as Americana of one of our very important periods, of which there is small first-hand, authentic pictorial record"--Peters, America on Stone, page 112. Baird, California Letter Sheets 335.