Beschrijving
Landscape engraving of Golden Gate (California), looking west with Russian Hill at the left and Marin peninsula at the right. Figures in the foreground; buildings, primarily residential, stretch out below them. Several ships in bay.
Steel engraving on wove paper, sheet size 237 x 321 mm. Engraved by Edward Paxman Brandard after James David Smillie. Published in 1873 by D. Appleton & Co., New York.
Edward Paxman Brandard (1819-1898) was a British painter of architectural monuments, engraver, etcher, steel engraver and illustrator. He was a brother of Robert and John Brandard.
James David Smillie (1833-1909) was an American artist, cofounder of the American Watercolor Society and New York Etching Club. His brother was painter George Henry Smillie.
In good condition, some general scattered soiling and foxing in the margin edges.
