Color lithograph, hand-finished. 31.7x48 cm (12½x19") on sheet 41.5x56.7 cm (16¼x22¼"), hinged into mat. Important early view of a very hilly San Francisco at the height of the Gold Rush, drawn and lithographed by the French artist Louis le Breton, printed by Auguste Bry and published by Wild. Seen from Rincon Point area, the city and harbor with ships and pier in center; Telegraph Hill, Russian Hill, and bay in distance; several tents scattered between buildings; figures in foreground. This is the third state of the print. Reps 256 (locating one copy, at Yale University Art Gallery); Baird & Evans 74c. Provenance: Charles A. Fracchia Collection.
Color lithograph, hand-finished. 31.7x48 cm (12½x19") on sheet 41.5x56.7 cm (16¼x22¼"), hinged into mat. Important early view of a very hilly San Francisco at the height of the Gold Rush, drawn and lithographed by the French artist Louis le Breton, printed by Auguste Bry and published by Wild. Seen from Rincon Point area, the city and harbor with ships and pier in center; Telegraph Hill, Russian Hill, and bay in distance; several tents scattered between buildings; figures in foreground. This is the third state of the print. Reps 256 (locating one copy, at Yale University Art Gallery); Baird & Evans 74c. Provenance: Charles A. Fracchia Collection.
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