Title:
[View of entrance to the San Francisco Bay, upper California]
Creator/Contributor:
Ménard (active ca. 1836-ca. 1839), French?, artist (artist)
Sabatier, L., French?, lithographer (lithographer)
Thierry Brothers (active ca. 1858-ca. 1868), lithographer and publisher (lithographer and publisher)
Date:
[not before 1840]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0546--B
Format:
print on paper: lithograph
10.5 x 28.1 cm., on sheet 30.3 x 47.2 cm.
Content/Description:
Golden Gate seen from ocean; no signs of civilization, buildings or vessels. View taken during voyage around the world on
frigate "Venus" during 1836 - 1839.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Printed title (LC): Vue de l'entrée de la Baie de San Francisco, h[au]te Californie. Printed UL): Voyage de la frégate la
Vénus; (UR): Atlas Pittoresque; (LL): Ménard, del.; (LC, above title): Lith. Thierry frères; (LR): Sabatier Lith. View published
in: Abel Aubert Du Petit-Thouars' Voyage autour du monde sur la frégate la Vénus pendant les années 1836-1839... (Paris: Gide,
1840-1855). Inscriptions in French.
Subjects:
Bays;
California, Northern;
Discovery & exploration;
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.);
Voyages to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Lithographs;
Seascapes