California -- Pictorial works; California, Northern; Landscape; Calaveras North Grove Trail (Calif.); Trees; Sequoia (Genus); Coast redwood; Yellow pines; Silver fir; Cypress; Cedar; Oak; Sycamores
The second of three books depicting California through art. Here, Vischer's photographed drawings feature native Californian trees. Roughly three-quarters of the images here may also be found in Visher's Pictorial of California. The book consists...
Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.); Landscape drawing; Missions; Spanish mission buildings United States; Views; Cemeteries; Housing; Pencil drawing; Missionary settlements
Pencil drawing of the mission in 1820 and its nearby surroundings on lined paper. Depictions referenced in drawing are: a detailed description of the mission, a fruit orchard, houses of the escort, an artificial lake used to water the orchard, a...
Mission La Purisima Concepcion (Calif.); Housing; Landscape drawing; Missions; Missionary settlements; Mills and mill-work; Spanish mission buildings United States; Views;
Pencil drawing of the mission and nearby surroundings on lined paper. Sketch includes Spanish labeled depictions of the following: the church, housing for the Fathers, housing for escorts and Indians, a corral, and the detailed drawing of the...
Landscape drawing; Missions; Spanish mission buildings United States; Views; Mission San Francisco Solano (Sonoma, Calif.); Pencil drawing; Missionary settlements
Original pencil drawing on lined paper of an aerial view of the mission and its nearby surroundings in 1832. Particular areas of the mission have been labeled in Spanish: the rooms of the fathers, the bell tower, the church, the cemetery, the...
California -- Pictorial works; Landscape; Sierra Nevada (Calif. and Nev.); Lake Tahoe (Calif. and Nev.); Mountain passes--Coast Ranges; Aqueducts; Frontier and pioneer life; Ranch life; Voyages and travels; Cattle
One of three books depicting California through art. This collection is comprised primarily of items also located in Visher's Views of California. The book consists of photographed drawings and paintings pasted onto individual pages.
Artists' books; Landscape; California--Pictorial works; Yosemite Valley (Calif.); Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)
A portfolio containing photographs of Thomas Hill's paintings -- predominately images of Yosemite Valley and Lake Tahoe. The portfolio is leather bound and embossed with gold leaf.
California -- Pictorial works; Landscape; Yosemite Valley (Calif.); Tahoe, Lake (Calif. and Nev.)
This booklet describes of each of Vischer's sketches of the Washoe mining region, and includes an introductory section that provides historical information.
Church buildings; Missions; Portrait photography; Spanish mission buildings United States; Mission San Rafael Arcangel; Pencil drawing; Vallejo, Mariano Guadalupe, 1808-1890; Missionary settlements
Pencil drawing of the mission in 1831 drawn for Senior General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo in 1878. This original bosquejo, or sketch, of mission buildings is signed in the lower right corner. A photograph of M. G. Vallejo is located in the upper...
Pencil drawing of the mission and nearby surroundings during 1817-1834 on lined paper with labels and notations in Spanish. Depictions include the following: detailed description of the Mission and its buildings, housing for troops and their...
California Description and travel; California History; California, Northern; California Pictorial works; California, Southern; Canyons California; Cedar; Church property; Coast Ranges; Coast redwood; Cypress; Frontier and pioneer life; Farm life;...
The text portion of the book contains three sections, each giving essays and descriptions about the landscape photographs, the trees and forests of California, and its geology, respectively. The next three sections contain individual photographs...
Albumen print of an original painting by Vischer. Presidio, Fort San Jose, Lime Point and Lighthouse, from Black Point. Original for Professor Silliman's collection.
