細節
SUTTER, JOHN AUGUSTUS (1803-1880). Carte-de-visite photograph signed on verso ("Gen. Sutter") by Ulke, Washington, 1868 (imprint on mount verso). 108 x 61 mm. (4¼ x 2 3/8 in.) including mount, signature on recto in another hand (meant for identification). A three-quarter-length seated portrait, signed on verso.
"In 1848 gold was discovered on his land in California prompting the great 1849 Gold Rush. In that subsequent rush, his workmen deserted, his cattle and sheep were stolen, and his land was occupied by squatters - he became bankrupt"--W.M.
"In 1848 gold was discovered on his land in California prompting the great 1849 Gold Rush. In that subsequent rush, his workmen deserted, his cattle and sheep were stolen, and his land was occupied by squatters - he became bankrupt"--W.M.
來源
The Cornelius Greenway Collection (sale, Part I, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 20 November 1970, lot 70).