San Francisco 1849

by Henry Firks

$4,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Firk's rare view of the city of San Francisco in 1849: one of the best-known early San Francisco views Peters . Henry Firks was a painter and lithographer known primarily for his images of California during the mid-nineteenth century. His works are held by the Bancroft Library, California Society of Pioneers, and the University of California. This fine and rare lithograph depicts the city only months before the great increase in population brought about by the Gold Rush.

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