
Chromo of San Francisco Streetcars c.1864
Description
Title: Strasse in St. Francisco mit einem Dampf-Omnibus
Author: Hildebrandt, Eduard
Description: Chromolithograph. 10¾x14¾, mounted on original backing board, overall 17¼x21¾.Depicting a view up California Street past Montgomery Street. On the right are the Parrott Building and St. Mary's, to the left Grace Church and in the background: Nob Hill. In the foreground is a steam-powered trolley car and a scene of barrels being unloaded. Edward Hildebrandt was born in Danzig in 1818, the artist was the brother of Trite Hildebrandt (1819 - 1855), the marine painter. From 1860 - 1862 Hildebrandt went on a world tour, which included stops in the Middle East, India, Singapore, Siam (Thailand), Macao, Hong Kong, China, The Philippines, Japan and the United States. He worked mainly in watercolors. A folio of his works from his round-the-world voyage were published as chromolithographs in 1864 in Berlin. The original watercolors from the voyage were exhibited in London in 1866 and at an exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1868, just a year before his death in Berlin.
Heading: Place Published: [Berlin]
Publisher: [Verlag von R. Wagner]
Date Published: c.1864
Author: Hildebrandt, Eduard
Description: Chromolithograph. 10¾x14¾, mounted on original backing board, overall 17¼x21¾.Depicting a view up California Street past Montgomery Street. On the right are the Parrott Building and St. Mary's, to the left Grace Church and in the background: Nob Hill. In the foreground is a steam-powered trolley car and a scene of barrels being unloaded. Edward Hildebrandt was born in Danzig in 1818, the artist was the brother of Trite Hildebrandt (1819 - 1855), the marine painter. From 1860 - 1862 Hildebrandt went on a world tour, which included stops in the Middle East, India, Singapore, Siam (Thailand), Macao, Hong Kong, China, The Philippines, Japan and the United States. He worked mainly in watercolors. A folio of his works from his round-the-world voyage were published as chromolithographs in 1864 in Berlin. The original watercolors from the voyage were exhibited in London in 1866 and at an exhibition at Crystal Palace in 1868, just a year before his death in Berlin.
Heading: Place Published: [Berlin]
Publisher: [Verlag von R. Wagner]
Date Published: c.1864
Condition
Mount corners bumped and cracked, 1 corner broken off but present; image fine.
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Chromo of San Francisco Streetcars c.1864
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