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San Francisco Fire of September 17, 1850, (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Marryat, Francis Samuel 1826-1955  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Oakland Museum 1000 Oak Street Oakland California 94607 Accession Number: 65.95
Date:
1850
Notes:
Arkelian, Marjorie, "The Kahn Collection of nineteenth-century paintings by artists in California," Oakland: Oakland Museum, Art Department, 1975, no. 45.
"Art of the Gold Rush," Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum of California; Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum; Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998, fig. 30.
Image on file.
Arkelian, Marjorie, "The Kahn Collection of nineteenth-century paintings by artists in California," Oakland: Oakland Museum, Art Department, 1975, pg. 34.
"Art of the Gold Rush," Oakland, CA: Oakland Museum of California; Sacramento, CA: Crocker Art Museum; Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1998, fig. 30.
unsigned
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Topic:
Disaster--Fire  Search this
Cityscape--California--San Francisco  Search this
Figure group  Search this
Control number:
IAP 03390043
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_33612