[California] Firks, Henry:

PHOTOGRAPH OF ORIGINAL COLOR LITHOGRAPH CAPTIONED, "SAN FRANCISCO, 1849.| DRAWN ON THE SPOT BY HENRY FIRKS, FOR W.H. JONES, ESQ. OF SAN FRANCISCO, U.C."

0San Francisco: Bradley & Rulofson, Photographers, [1880?]. Albumen photograph, 4-1/2" x 5-3/4", reproducing an early California print, mounted on stiff 8" x 10" board. Image surrounded by gilt border. "Bradley & Rulofson, Photographers, S.F." printed beneath image, within the border. Below the border is printed "San Francisco, 1849. Drawn on the Spot by Henry Firks, for W.H. Jones, Esq. of San Francisco" followed by a legend identifying 51 items found in the picture. Light edgewear of backing, minor dustsoiling. Very Good.

Bancroft Library dates this photograph about 1880. A description of the original color lithograph found at the Bancroft website reads: "City and harbor looking from Rincon Point towards Telegraph Hill. Clustered buildings at left with US flag in center (Portsmouth Square). Signs on buildings in foreground read 'Sherman & Ruckel,' 'P.M.S.S. Co.,' and 'S.H. Williams & Co.' Ships in bay, one on fire (names identified in legend); Yerba Buena Island at right; several tents among buildings and small military camp in right foreground."
Thomas S. Sinclair is credited as the artist. [Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material, Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley.]
OCLC 34275781 [1-Bancroft Library] as of February 2023. Item #38980

Price: $500.00