Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: [San Francisco Bay, California]

Collection: 
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name: 
Hildebrandt, Eduard (1881-1869), German, artist
Creator Role: 
artist
Title: 
[San Francisco Bay, California]
Date: 
[ca. 1863]
Materials: 
painting on paper mounted on board: watercolor
Dimensions: 
25.8 x 37.8 cm., on mount 33.3 x 45 cm.
Current Location: 
Bancroft Library.
Address: 
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID: 
BANC PIC 1963.002:1397--B
Subject: 
- Bays - California, Northern - San Francisco Bay Area (Calif.) - Landscapes - Paintings - Watercolors
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Content/Description:
Notes: 
Bay and Yerba Buena Island from east side of Telegraph Hill; sailing ships on bay; shoreline with onlookers in foreground; Contra Costa County and Mt. Diablo in distance.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes: 
Handwritten title (LL): Bay von San Francisko. Signature (LR): E. Hildebrandt. Attached note says: "Note written on reverse of matboard backing: rioyt?, original watercolor by E. Hildebrandt, 1863, formerly in possession of family." For reproduction see 1963.002:0213--A. Inscriptions in German.
Collection Description: 
METS ID: 
ark:/13030/tf1p30079d