View of San Francisco Bay Area California taken from Telegraph Hill April 1850 Print 1932. Vintage 88 year old print from 1932 offset lithograph print depicting 1850 View Of San Francisco, California. This is not a digital print, it has bright colors and is printed on paper with a soft pebble texture. Since but 200 sets are available, orders will be received from members only, with a limit of five sets to any one member. An order blank is enclosed in this number of the Quarterly, and the 200 sets will be disposed of in the order of receipt of such orders. The prints are all on good paper, and are suitable for framing. A list of the fourteen reproductions follows…. View of San Francisco, California, taken from Telegraph Hill, April 1850, by. 17 1/2 in x 26 in. California Historical Society Quarterly (1932) 11 (4): 363-364. Houses and buildings along street in center, some with signs bearing business names. Signal house in left foreground; tents, miner and goats on slope. View of San Francisco. Matted and framed original print by Wm. McMurtrie, 1851 Here’s a nice antique print of a view of San Francisco in 1850. Drawn by William B. McMurtrie, a draftsman for the U. Surveying Expedition, it shows a southward view of the city looking down Sansome Street from Telegraph Hill. Most of the buildings visible had been constructed after the Gold Rush in 1849, so the paint was probably still wet on them. Plus, you don’t normally see the goats in the foreground much these days on Telegraph Hill. Printed at lower right of print is: LITH. CURRIER 152 NASSAU ST. COR OF SPRUCE N. The print is nicely detailed and hand-colored with watercolors. The upper corners of the printed area have rounded corners. Print area is 20-3/4″ by 11-3/4″, matting is 2-1/2″ wide, and frame is 27″ by 18-1/2. The print and matte are under glass. This print is moderately water-stained, heavily on the lower fourth. 1851′ is penciled in just above McMurtrie’s name. Printed (LC, below title): taken from Telegraph Hill, April 1850 by Wm. McMurtrie, daughtsman of the US Surveying Expedition; (LL): On stone by F. Currier, 152 Nassau St[reet], cor[ner] of Spruce, N[ew] Y[ork]; (MC): Entered… (LC): Published by N. Currier, N[ew] Y[ork], William B. Frame size, 18 1/2″ X 27″, Image area 11 3/4″ X 20 3/4″. Condition Excellent, Frame is in excellent condition. This item is in the category “Art\Art Prints”. The seller is “bahama42″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
- Region of Origin: California, USA
- Artist: William B. McMurtrie
- Production Technique: Lithograph
- Style: Americana
- Material: Lithograph
- Theme: Gold Rush
- Time Period Produced: 1925-1949
- Type: Print
- Features: Framed, Matted
- Subject: San Francisco
- Original/Licensed Reprint: Limited Edition Print
- Year of Production: 1932
- Unit of Sale: Single-Piece Work
- Color: Multi-Color
- Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
- Print Surface: Paper
- Date of Creation: 1900-1949