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CA - San Francisco,1856-1860 - Bay Area Lithographs

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:100.00 - 200.00 USD
CA - San Francisco,1856-1860 - Bay Area Lithographs
Session D is a Mail-Bid Only Auction. Absentee bids will be accepted only. No live bidding will be allowed. All winners will be contacted after the auction. BIDDING ENDS MONDAY JUNE 27 AT 5PM PACIFIC TIME!!!
Lot of 3. 1) “Santa Clara, 1856.” Drawn by Kuchel and Dresel. Their firm concentrated its work on views of Northern California and Oregon. This particular lithograph is a 1935 reproduction “by Lithotone, for John Howell, San Francisco.” The original lithograph was produced by Britton and Rey, whose firm was one of the earliest printing firms in the Bay area after the discovery of gold. This particular reproduction was created by the firm’s successors A. Carlisle & Co., which purchased Britton and Rey’s business in 1916. A write up about Santa Clara and Santa Clara County is on the reverse. Has a white border but is not mounted. The border is yellowing. The scene is very pastoral of a small community. Black and White. Measures 18” x 12.” Good condition.

2) “San Francisco From Green Street, Telegraph Hill, Looking South, 1859.” Also known as Mr. Larco's garden. This lithograph was also produced by Britton and Rey’s successor, A. Carlisle & Co. in 1935 for Howell. The original sketch was drawn by E[ugene] Camerer. Camerer was a German trained artist who came to California about four years after the 1848 Gold Rush occurred. He stayed and worked for Kuchel and Dresel for about ten years. Then he returned to Germany [http://www.askart.com/askart/c/eugene_camerer/eugene_camerer.aspx and http://www.siskiyous.edu/shasta/art/ill.htm#camerer]. The artist’s viewpoint overlooks San Francisco, where it seems the buildings are still mostly constructed of wood. Many women are walking about in the field closest to the viewers’ eyes. There are chickens and goats present in the scene. San Francisco was getting to be cosmopolitan but apparently zoning laws still allowed farm animals in the city. There is a write up about the subject on the back of the lithograph. Black and White. Measures 18” x 12.” Not mounted but has a yellowing white border. Good condition.

3) “Mission Dolores, San Francisco, 1860.” Sketched by C[harles] B[raddock] Gifford. AskArt.com reports “Gifford appears to have moved to California about 1855 with his wife, Josepha of Nicaragua. After settling in San Francisco, he worked with various lithographers such as the [Nahl] brothers and George Tyler Brown before becoming a partner of William V. Gray in a lithography firm. He was the delineator of several bird's-eye views of San Francisco. By 1870 he had moved south to San Jose where he is believed to have died about 1882”. This drawing depicts very stark, neat grounds, just newly planted, and the mountains in the background. In the foreground a family of picnickers is resting in the sun. The grounds are very neatly kept. The original lithographer was L[ouis] Nagel, who worked in New York City before migrating west to San Francisco. AskArt.com says he was active in San Francisco from 1857 to 1873. This particular lithograph was reproduced by A. Carlisle & Co. for Howell in 1935. Measures 18” x 12.” This lithograph also has a write up about the artist and the mission on the back. Black and white. Not mounted but has a white border. It is yellowing and has one nick in the bottom left corner. Good condition.
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