Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Blum, Robert F. (1857-1903), American, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[Street corner in Chinatown, San Francisco, California]
Date:
[ca. 1890]
Materials:
painting on paper mounted on board: watercolor and gouache
Dimensions:
47.3 x 24.5 cm., visible image
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0280--FR
Subject:
- California, Northern
- Chinese
- Manners & customs
- San Francisco
(Calif.)
- Cityscapes
- Watercolors
Heading:
Content/Description:
Notes:
Busy street corner lined with three story buildings with elaborately carved cornices and balconies; facades decorated with paper lanterns and flowers. Open markets on street level; figures wearing traditional dress crowd streets.
Heading:
Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Supplied title. Signature (LR): R. Blum.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf1p30078 w

[Street corner in Chinatown, San Francisco, California]