H. E. (active ca. 1842-ca. 1860), artist Gildemeister, Charles (active ca. 1850-ca. 1858), lithographer D'Avignon, F. (active 1847-1860), French, lithographer
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Description
Monterey Bay with houses (some with yards enclosed by stucco walls) and columned portico buildings. People on streets, some riding horses, oxen-drawn cart at left, solid wooden bridge at right. Sailing ships and row boats on Bay, low hills in background. Printed title (LL). Printed (MC): para Sr. Larkin; (LL): H.E. [monogram], Lith. of D'Avignon, 323 Broadway, N[ew] Y[ork]; (LR): On stone by [Charles] Gildemeister; (on label, on verso): Thomas Larkin, later United States Consul commissioned drawings of the settlement in 1842 and later published them at his own expense in 1850. The quality of this drawing is excellent and may be attributed to Edward Vischer who was then living in Monterey.
Type
image
Format
Print on paper: lithograph 42.5 x 75.5 cm., visible image
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