Lot 18: GEORGE HENRY BURGESS (1831-1905) California Gold Rush; Butcher’s Gulch

GEORGE HENRY BURGESS (1831-1905)
California Gold Rush; Butcher’s Gulch,
Amador County, California (two)
first, unsigned; second, signed with initials,
dated and inscribed ‘G.H.B. 1853 Butcher’s
Gulch Amador Co. Cal.’ (lower right)
each pencil and ink wash on paper with the
first heightened with white
first: 4 3/4 x 6 3/4in; second: 4 5/8 x 4 1/4in
overall: 17 3/4 x 13 1/2in (framed together)

Provenance:
Collection of the Artist.
Mrs. Brooks, granddaughter of the artist (by
descent from the above).
Private collection, Northern California
(acquired from the above 1972).