GERMAN SCHOOL, 1877-78. San Francisco from Telegraph Hill exotic His painting

His painting

If one were too far from the sea

At the insistence of his father

Georgius Jacobus Johannes The Younger (Dutch

They were originally intended to illustrate the Système des Oiseaux de l'Égypte et de la Syrie by zoologist Marie-Jules César Lelorme de Savigny (1777–1851)

GERMAN SCHOOL, 1877-78. San Francisco from Telegraph Hill exotic His paintingGERMAN SCHOOL, 1877 78 Titled San Francisco von Telegraph Hill (lower right), numbered 368 (upper right), and titled 12 Januar 1878 568.' 'San Francisco from Telegraph hill on the detached original mount which accompanies the watercolor. Pencil and watercolor on paper 7 1 2 x 9 5 8 sheet This finely detailed watercolor records San Francisco at one of the most dynamic moments of its early development, seen from the commanding vantage of Telegraph Hill