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Description
1997-0089. Pencil sketch looking towards Sacramento from the west; river in foreground, sailing ships anchored along shore; buildings visible along bank. Oil painting by George A. Frost, based on Baker's drawing, is in CSL's framed picture collection. In July 1849, Benjamin T. Martin was living in Sacramento. He had George Baker, an artist who was stopping with him, draw a pencil sketch of the city. Mr. Martin returned to his native state (Chelsea, Mass.) and years later had Geo. A. Frost, an artist of Cambridge, Mass. make the oil painting from the sketch. Negative, no. 28,646 (4x5 in.) detail of drawing.
Type
image
Format
Pictorial works. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
1 drawing on paper mounted on linen : pencil ; 8 1/2 x 14 in.
Identifier
(C)001378729CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVV-1973
Language
English
Subject
Rivers--California--Sacramento Sailing ships--California--Sacramento Waterfronts--California--Sacramento Sacramento (Calif.)--Pictorial works Sacramento River (Calif.)--Pictorial works Drawings Pencil works
Place
California Sacramento Sacramento (Calif.) Sacramento River (Calif.)
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