Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Gibson, G. [George?] (active ca. 1849-ca. 1853), British, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
View near Auburn, Placer Co[unty], Cal[iforni]a
Date:
1851
Materials:
drawing on paper: pencil
Dimensions:
8.7 x 15 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0687--A
Subject:
- California, Northern
- Drawings
- Landscapes
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Landscape of hillside with rocks and trees; Sacramento Valley and coastal range in distance.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Handwritten title (LC): View near Auburn, Placer Co[unty], Cal[ifornia]: Valley of the Sacramento and coast range in the distance, Aug[us]t, 1851. Handwritten (on verso): Here Miss Helen [his daughter?], is a view taken on the spot. Will it serve for a return for your pretty little sketch?, and has mother yet thanked you in my name for it. If not, why then receive them now from, yours very affectly G. Gibson
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf229007k x

View near Auburn, Placer Co[unty], Cal[iforni]a