Artist/Maker
Justh Quirot & Co.
Title
Tremendous Excitement!
Mediumlithograph, paper
Dimensions8 7/8 × 11 1/4 in. (22.5 × 28.6 cm)
Object number1979.37.10
Institutional Credit LineCourtesy of the New Bedford Whaling Museum
DescriptionA black and white lithograph on green paper showing Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie being hanged in front of 15,000 people. To left are two men on horseback and to right men standing on barrels and packing cases. The two men are being hanged from storefronts.Part of California Vigilante scenes (3 of 3).
On View
Not on view
1725-1960
1745-1925
Anonymous
C.J.Gidley Jeweler
Dunshee, Hawes, Quirot
