Title:
[Falls of the Yosemite on middle fork Merced River, California]
Creator/Contributor:
Ayres, Thomas A. (1816-1858), American, artist (artist)
Date:
1855
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1326--C
Format:
drawing on sandpaper: chalk and charcoal
51 x 35.5 cm.
Content/Description:
Upper and lower Yosemite Falls; figures by campfire and horses near Merced River in foreground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (on verso): Falls of the Yosemite on middle fork Merced Rvr. Cal[ifornia] Estimated height upper cascade
400 ft lower fall 600 ft total height from base of valley 28,000 ft, by Ayres, 1855. Signature (LL): A. Ayers, [...?] 1855.
Note from inventory sheet: Reproduced in Hutchings, California Magazine, v.1:1, July 1856. See 1963.002:0402--D.
Subjects:
California, Northern;
Mountains;
Nature;
Rivers;
Yosemite Valley (Calif.)
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Landscapes