Title:
View near Auburn, Placer Co[unty], Cal[iforni]a
Creator/Contributor:
Gibson, G. [George?] (active ca. 1849-ca. 1853), British, artist (artist)
Date:
1851
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0687--A
Format:
drawing on paper: pencil
8.7 x 15 cm.
Content/Description:
Landscape of hillside with rocks and trees; Sacramento Valley and coastal range in distance.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC): View near Auburn, Placer Co[unty], Cal[ifornia]: Valley of the Sacramento and coast range in the distance,
Aug[us]t, 1851. Handwritten (on verso): Here Miss Helen [his daughter?], is a view taken on the spot. Will it serve for a
return for your pretty little sketch?, and has mother yet thanked you in my name for it. If not, why then receive them now
from, yours very affectly G. Gibson
Subjects:
California, Northern
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Landscapes