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William Hancock Wilke pictorial collection.
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Title:
William Hancock Wilke pictorial collectionCreator/Contributor:
Wilke, William Hancock, 1879-1958, creatorAbstract:
Includes etchings of Chinatown and Mission Dolores in San Francisco, an etched portrait of Phoebe Apperson Hearst, and paintings
of trees and landscapes in the Berkeley Hills, of the mouth of the Russian River, and the rotunda of the Hibernia Bank (San
Francisco). Also includes an original painting for the 1913 Portola Festival. Also includes photographic prints of Hearst;
of a sculptural relief portrait of Alexander Pope; of an antiphonal manuscript; and of the cemetery in Balaklava, Russia for
British soldiers lost in the Charge of the Red Brigade during the Battle of Balaklava. Also includes a Ganat Brothers magazine
advertisement.
Date:
approximately 1915-1960 (issued)Subject:
n-us-caCemeteries -- Ukraine -- Balaklava -- Photographs
Cimetières -- Ukraine -- Balaklava -- Photographies
Cemeteries
Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
San Francisco (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Berkeley (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
Russian River (Calif.) -- Pictorial works
California -- Berkeley
California -- Russian River
California -- San Francisco
California -- San Francisco -- Chinatown
Ukraine -- Balaklava
San Francisco de Asís Mission (San Francisco, Calif.) -- Pictorial works
San Francisco de Asís Mission (San Francisco, Calif.)
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson -- 1842-1919 -- Portraits
Pope, Alexander -- 1688-1744 -- Portraits
Hearst, Phoebe Apperson -- 1842-1919
Pope, Alexander -- 1688-1744
Note:
Prints and paintings signed by artist: William H. Wilke.
Title devised by cataloger.
Gift ; Of Bruce Wilke; 1997.
Received with: Old San Francisco scrapbook (BANC MSS 98/161 c).
Type:
graphicPhotographs
Pictorial works
Portraits
Etchings.
Paintings.
Physical Description:
painting
photoprint
print
3 folders and 6 oversize folders (17 photographic prints, 5 prints, and 1 painting) and 1 box (8 paintings) : b&w and color
; 58 x 29 cm or smaller.
Language:
English