Title:
[Sidewheel steamship "Chrysopolis"on Sacramento River, California]
Creator/Contributor:
[Unknown]
Date:
[ca. 1860]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1355--FR
Format:
painting on canvas: oil
50.5 x 82 cm.
Content/Description:
Sidewheel steamship "Chrysopolis" with twin smokestacks churns along river preceded by two sailboats; two simple houses on
far shore; small mountain rises in distance. " Chrysopolis" (1050 tons, length 245 feet) was built in 1860; rebuilt in 1875
as ferry steamer "Oakland" which was lost by fire in 1940.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Title based on handwritten text within image. Historical information from Inventory Sheets.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Rivers;
Sacramento (Calif.);
Vessels;
Vessels
Genre/Format:
Marines (Visual works);
Oil paintings