Object Details
- Artist
- Charles Christian Nahl, born Kassel, Germany 1818-died San Francisco, CA 1878
- August Wenderoth, born Kassel, Germany 1819-died Philadelphia, PA 1884
- Gallery Label
- Charles Christian Nahl and August Wenderoth were refugees from Germany's revolution of 1848. Like thousands before them, they came to California to find their fortunes, but as skilled entrepreneurs rather than adventurers. They built a studio in Sacramento and painted the first wave of prospectors. These miners wear red, white, and blue shirts, signaling California's importance to the nation's future. California became a state in 1850, and was already an economic powerhouse by the time the artists collaborated on this painting.
- Credit Line
- Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Fred Heilbron Collection
- 1851-1852
- Object number
- 1982.120
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- oil on canvas mounted on canvas
- Dimensions
- 54 1/4 x 66 7/8 in. (137.7 x 169.8 cm)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection
- Department
- Painting and Sculpture
- Smithsonian American Art Museum
- Topic
- Figure group\male
- Landscape\California
- Western
- Occupation\industry\mining
- Landscape\mountain\Sierra Nevada Mountains
- Architecture Exterior\domestic\cottage
- Record ID
- saam_1982.120
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/vk7883e53dc-0824-40b5-8a18-77785cbec5f3
