Bandits ambush a traveller in the gold country
1861
George du Maurier drew this scene for the story "Of a Man Who Fell Among Thieves" in the London weekly Once a Week, published 19 October 1861. It depicts an attack by bandits during the California Gold Rush, a staple of the lawlessness British readers associated with the gold fields. The engraving was cut by Joseph Swain's workshop.
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