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Title
[Vignettes of various European locations and San Francisco, California]
Creator
Didion, P. (active 1850s), French, engraver
Date Created and/or Issued
[ca. 1850?]
Publication Information
Bancroft Library
Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Honeyman (Robert B., Jr.) - Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material
Rights Information
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Description
European views and scenes: Port in Ragusa (Dubrovnik, Croatia) with harbor, fort, and church and monastery buildings on hillside in distance; Freibourg (Breidgau, Germany) with city and prominent church building in distance, group of onlookers (men, women and children) in foreground; spa in Monaco with resort buildings, courtyard and people resting about; Duremholtz Castle on way from Znaim (Znojmo) to Vienna, seen across river with people in boats and strolling on bank; and Syracuse, Sicily with town in distance, harbor and boats, and people (including children) working in foreground. View of San Francisco depicts town in distance, bay in middleground, and road with onlookers in foreground.
Supplied title. Printed (UC): Paysages; (UR): 125; (LL): Autorisée pour le Colportage par décision ministerielle; (LR): Imagerie de P. Didion, à Metz; Depose. Images captioned in print: Port de Raguse, Dalmatie; Vue de la rade de San Francisco; Vue de Fribourg en Brisgau; Etablissement thermal de Monaco; Château de Duremholz, sur la route de Znaim a Vienne; and Vue de Syracuse, Sicile. Inscriptions in French.
Type
image
Format
Print on paper: engraving, hand colored 37.1 x 26.4 cm.
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/tf3g5009g8
BANC PIC 1963.002:0624--B
Subject
Austria
Buildings
California, Northern
Croatia
Germany
Harbors
Hotels
Italy
Military facilities
Monaco
San Francisco (Calif.)
Settlements

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