Title:
[Widows and Orphans Aid Association of the San Francisco, California Police Department certificate of membership]
Creator/Contributor:
Harring, William (active ca. 1860-ca. 1890), artist (artist)
Bosqui Eng. & Ptg. Co. (active ca. 1863-ca. 1906), printer (printer)
Date:
[ca. 1882]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1469 (enclosure)--D
Format:
print on paper: lithograph, color
48.3 x 67 cm.
Content/Description:
Central image of San Francisco Bay with Meiggs Wharf and Fort Point at left surrounded by trees and grape vines. Images around
central view include: allegorical female figure of mercantilism and shipping, Hotel del Monte(?), State Capitol in Sacramento,
interior scene with widow and orphans, Yosemite Valley, seal for the San Francisco Police and State of California, and cabinet
with dog on top and bags of money below.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Printed (LR, within image): W. Harring; (LL): Bosqui, Engr. & Print[in]g Co., S[an] F[rancisco]. Handwritten
(on verso): Purchased at the auction/of the I.W. Lees Estate, born Oldham, England, Dec[ember] 25, 1830/died San Francisco,
Dec[ember 21. 1902/Jan[uary] 1938/J.J. Leonard, Jr., M[.P?]. Additional information on Isaiah W. Lees with item.
Subjects:
Bays;
Buildings;
California, Northern;
San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Allegories;
Certificates;
Lithographs, color