Title:

[Drawings of California lighthouses]

Creator/Contributor:

Bache, Hartman, 1797-1872, creator, creator.

Creator/Contributor:

Alden, James Madison, 1834-1922, artist.

Creator/Contributor:

Sandgren, T. E., artist.

Creator/Contributor:

United States, Light-House Board,, creator.

Nineteenth century photographic copies of drawn views of lighthouses at Alcatraz, the Farallones, Point Bonita, Point Conception, Point Loma, Point Pinos, and Santa Barbara, Calif.

Date:

1855 (issued)

1: Alcatraz Island light house, Cal. looking W., distance 1 mile 2: Alcatraz Island light house, Cal. bearing N. 85 [degrees] W. 1/3 mile 3: View of the principal Farallones Island from the south east [by T.E. Sandgren] 4: South Farallones Island light house, Cal. looking west distance 200 yards 5: South Farallones Island light house, Cal. looking N.E. distance 200 yards 6: View of South Farallone Island California. Lighthouse 330 ft above sea level, distant 3/4 mile, magnetic bearing SSW [drawn by Alden] 7: Point Bonita light house, Cal. looking W by S, distance 1/4 mile 8: Point Bonita light house, Cal. looking E by S, distance 400 yards 9: Point Bonita light house, San Francisco Bay, Cal. 10: Point Conception light house, Cal. looking S, distance 1/4 mile 11: Point Conception light house, Cal. looking W, distance 1/2 mile 12: Point Conception light house, Cal. looking S.W., distance 1/4 mile 13: Point Loma light house, Cal. looking S by W, distance 5 miles 14: View from Point Loma light house, Cal. looking N. by E. 15: Point Pinos light house, Cal. looking S.E. distance 200 yards 16: Santa Barbara light house, Cal. looking E. by S., distance 1/4 mile.

Subject:

n-us-ca

Lighthouses -- California -- Pictorial works

Lighthouses

California

Title devised by cataloger.

Drawings attributed to Hartman Bache based on his signed annotations on many originals, although an artist or draftsman under his command may have been responsible. Copy photographer unknown, but likely produced by or for the U.S. Light-House Board, the 12th Light House District, or the Army Topographical Engineers.

Original drawings appear to have been mounted with printed captions, with most annotated in ms. and signed by Hartman Bache, with most dated 1859. The photographic copies reproduce this marginal text. Hartman's signature follows the pattern: "Office of the 12th Light House District, San Francisco, Cal, [date] [signature], Maj., Topographical Eng. Brv. Maj."

Signatures of two other artists are present within two images: T.E. Sandgren and [James Madison] Alden.

Location of original drawings unknown.

Type:

graphic

Pictorial works.

photoprint

16 photographs : albumen prints on cardboard mounts ; prints approximately 22 x 32 cm, mounts 38 x 51 cm.

English

Origin:

United States