Early California pictorialist photograph by W.J. Piatt. Circa 1900.

Silver-gelatin photograph on single-weight matte paper stock. Unmounted, unframed.

Signed and titled on the reverse : "Negative by W.J. Piatt, San Francisco" (ink stamped) and "The Lovers Meeting Under the Royal Arch - 17 Mile Drive" (in pencil)

A moody intimate view of a man standing with his bicycle, speaking to a woman with her bicycle, on a road under a grove of trees.

SIZE - 4 1/4" x 6 5/8"

PROVENANCE: San Francisco collection.

NOTES / REFERENCES: W.J. Piatt was a San Francisco photographer of some note during the late 19th and early 20th century. He is known for his views of California in the popular pictorialist style of the times. He was an associate editor of "The Architect and Engineer of California" a monthly journal published in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He exhibited works in the Photographic Salon of the Mark Hopkins Institute during the early 1900s. W.J. Piatt photographs were published in a number of photography journals in America. He was a member of the California Camera Club where he exhibited with Arnold Genthe, Oscar Mauer. Charles Meeker and others. His prints are rare.

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Excellent condition with the exception of light discoloration to the edges (see photos).Please see description and photographs.