Title:
[Entrance to San Francisco Bay taken from Telegraph Hill, California]
Creator/Contributor:
Wikersheim, Fritz (active ca. 1847-1851), French, artist (artist)
Date:
[1845-1851]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1304:19--ALB
Format:
drawing on paper: watercolor and pencil
13.8 x 21.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Important early view of area west of Telegraph Hill, though the perspective is somewhat distorted; view from above North Beach
looking toward Black Point and the Golden Gate; several ships in bay.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LC): Californie. Entreé de la baie de San Francisque/prise du Télégraphe. Inscriptions in French.
Subjects:
Bays;
California, Northern;
San Francisco (Calif.);
Waterfronts
Genre/Format:
Bird's-eye views;
Drawings;
Travel sketches