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A handsome image of the Court House in San José. $45

Prints from Picturesque America. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1872-1875. Some with full hand color, as illustrated. Very good condition.

A charming series of prints from Picturesque America. This two volume set was the most ambitious of the nineteenth century works illustrating scenes in the United States. These pictures provided some of the only images of distant parts of the United States that were available to much of the general public, especially of the western section of the country. Through their accurate and detailed representations they provide us too with a glimpse of nineteenth century California.

Steel engravings, ca. 5 1/8 x 8:

• "Golden Gate (from Telegraph Hill)." $135
• "Native Californians Lassoing a Bear." $95
• "Mount Shasta." [Illustrated above.] $135
• "Mirror Lake Yosemite Valley." $135

• "Oaks of Oakland." $50
• "The 'Cliff House'." North shore of San Francisco. $45
• "Alcatraz Island." San Francisco. $45
• "Point San Pedro, near San Francisco." 3 3/4 x 9. $45
• "Seal Rocks." San Francisco. $45

• "Yosemite Fall." $50
• "Tenaya Canon, from Glacier Point." Yosemite $50
• "Sentinel Rock and Fall." Yosemite. 6 1/4 x 6 1/8. $45
• "Bridal Veil Fall." Yosemite. Vignette. 4 1/8 x 6 1/8. $40
• "Big Trees-Mariposa Grove." Yosemite. $50
• "Castellated Rock." Yosemite. $45

• "Cathedral Spires." $50
• "Marysville Buttes." 3 3/4 x 9. $40
• "Limestone Formation, On Pitt River." $50
• "The San Joaquin River." 3 1/2 x 6 1/4. $35
• "Summit Of The Sierras." $50
• "Lassens Butte, Sacramento Valley." $50

• "Coast Scene, Marin County." $50
• "Coast of Mendocino." $50
• "Scene at the Mouth of the Russian River." $50
• "Basaltic Formation near Russian River." 3 7/8 x 9. $40
• "Mount Tamalpais and Red Porch." $50
• "Lake Tahoe." $50

Beginning just before the middle of the nineteenth century, illustrated weekly newspapers made their appearance. These folio sized papers covered current events of national and international import, printed fiction and poetry by prominent authors, recounted gossip, described popular tourist sites, and generally were filled with stories on any subject that might be of interest to the reading public. The true source of the popularity of these newspapers, however, were the manifold wood engraved prints which graced almost every page of the issues. These pictures provide us today with one of the best sources for lively and informative images of the period. With photographs in a primitive stage, and no television, it is through these illustrations that the public got its visual information about the events, personalities and places of the time. Harper's Weekly was the most famous and popular of the American papers and during the 1890s a number of images of California appeared in it.

Double page image (ca. 15 1/2 x 22):

• Charles Graham. "Felling The Red-Wood-Trees of California." Seven vignettes of different aspects of the lumbering of these trees in California near the end of the century. $140

• Frenzeny and Tavernier. "Sketches in 'China-Town,' San Francisco." May 22, 1875. Wood engraving. Six vignette views of Chinatown. $50

• Tavernier & Frenzeny. "The Suburbs of San Francisco." May 29, 1875. Wood engraving. Six vignette views of the area around San Francisco. $75

• Charles Graham. "Sketches at Santa Barbara, Southern California." [Detail] 1891. Ten vignette views around Santa Barbara. $65

First published in 1890, this beautiful book was the earliest coffee table books to illustrate the wonders of Yosemite. Its was issued as part of a promotion to establish Yosemite as a tourist destination and national park. It features twelve chromolithographs, each with a small poem by Harry Dix, after the paintings of H.W. Hansen and Carll Dahlgren.

H. W. Hansen (1854-1924) was born in Dithmarschen, Germany and studied painting until he emigrated to the United States in 1877. He settled in Chicago to study at the Art Institute. In 1882, he moved to San Francisco and over a period time he made several sketching expeditions to various parts of the West. In general, his paintings were very popular with collectors during the early 20th century and his work, at the time, was favorably compared to Remington.

Carll Dahlgren (1841-1920) was born in Denmark and studied at the Copenhagen Academy of Arts. In 1872, he and his brother immigrated to Salt Lake City. There he worked briefly as an artist- draftsman for the Surveyor General. Five years later he moved to San Francisco and became involved in the San Francisco Art Association. The majority of his work were landscapes but he did a series of street scenes of San Francisco following the earthquake of 1906. His work can be recognized by a shaft of sunlight which is often found in his images. Overall, a wonderful scenic views of the famous National Park.

Each priced at $175, except as noted.

By Carll Dahlgren.

• "Cathedral Rock."

By H.W. Hansen.

• "The Cascades."
• "General View." Creases and tears in left and lower margins near title, none affecting image. $150
• "The Three Brothers." [Illustrated above]
• "Vernal Falls."

Luigi Kasimir. "Golden Gate - Calif." Colored etching. 11 x 11 3/4. Original pencil signature. Very good condition. Framed. Denver.

Luigi Kasimir (1881-1962) was an Austro-Hungarian artist who is best known for his colored etchings. This technique, in which Kasimir was a pioneer, used multiple plates to apply different colored inks to the paper. He painted mostly landscapes, of Europe and also of American scenes. This is a fine example of one of his American images, with his original signature. $550

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