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Lithographer, Landscape painter, b. 1809 - d. 1878

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      • Edward Vischer Signed Postcard Re: Placerville Hydraulic Mining, 1878 (111981)
        Nov. 02, 2020

        Edward Vischer Signed Postcard Re: Placerville Hydraulic Mining, 1878 (111981)

        Est: $100 - $500

        Postal card datelined Placerville from Edward Vischer to F.A. Bishop, Esq. dated 1878. The message details a visit by a committee including Jno. O. Earl to investigate the entire canal enterprise. Vischer mentions the "high glee" in those quarters of securing the $10 million investment and an upcoming glance at the hydraulics before a return to the city. Edward Vischer was a San Francisco merchant, but was best known as an artist of California scenes. His account of visits to the Northern and Southern mines is illustrated with sketches showing the methods of mining (Gudde, California Gold Camps). It appears that Vischer had been commissioned to view the canal and the hydraulics and to do two drawings. Nice clear signature by Edward Vischer. Many of the rich placer mines near Placerville were hydraulicked producing $25 million or more. The principal gravel channels around Placerville are described and mapped in Lindgren's "Tertiary Gravels". Hydraulic mining ended in 1884 in California by federal injunction. Date: Country (if not USA): State: California City: El Dorado County Provenance: John Reynolds Collection

        Holabird Western Americana
      • Edward Vischer Signed Postcard Re: Placerville Hydraulic Mining, 1878 (111981)
        Jun. 27, 2020

        Edward Vischer Signed Postcard Re: Placerville Hydraulic Mining, 1878 (111981)

        Est: $200 - $500

        Postal card datelined Placerville from Edward Vischer to F.A. Bishop, Esq. dated 1878. The message details a visit by a committee including Jno. O. Earl to investigate the entire canal enterprise. Vischer mentions the "high glee" in those quarters of securing the $10 million investment and an upcoming glance at the hydraulics before a return to the city. Edward Vischer was a San Francisco merchant, but was best known as an artist of California scenes. His account of visits to the Northern and Southern mines is illustrated with sketches showing the methods of mining (Gudde, California Gold Camps). It appears that Vischer had been commissioned to view the canal and the hydraulics and to do two drawings. Nice clear signature by Edward Vischer. Many of the rich placer mines near Placerville were hydraulicked producing $25 million or more. The principal gravel channels around Placerville are described and mapped in Lindgren's "Tertiary Gravels". Hydraulic mining ended in 1884 in California by federal injunction. Provenance: John Reynolds Collection Country (if not USA): State: California City/County: El Dorado County Date:

        Holabird Western Americana
      • VISCHER, EDWARD. 1809-1878. Vischer's Pictorial of California Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic and Customs. San Francisco: Joseph Winterburn & Company, April 1870.
        Mar. 12, 2019

        VISCHER, EDWARD. 1809-1878. Vischer's Pictorial of California Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic and Customs. San Francisco: Joseph Winterburn & Company, April 1870.

        Est: $10,000 - $20,000

        VISCHER, EDWARD. 1809-1878. Vischer's Pictorial of California Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic and Customs. San Francisco: Joseph Winterburn & Company, April 1870. 2 volumes. 4to (298 x 226 mm) & small folio plate volume (344 x 295 mm). 170 mounted albumen prints. Text in original brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Plate volume in contemporary full dark green morocco by Bartling & Kimball, covers with gilt and raised panels with floral and foliate design, upper cover titled "CALIFORNIA," spine in six compartments, one of which is gilt-lettered, the others with gilt decoration, edges gilt, housed together in purple pebbled cloth 2-part box, inset to accommodate smaller text volume, lid lettered "CALIFORNIA" uniform with plate volume. Box faded and with one side collapsing, lining with some foxing, lid with separation at corners.FIRST EDITION, A REMARKABLE COPY WITH 170 MOUNTED ALBUMEN PRINTS. Vischer, a native of Bavaria, first visited California in 1842, and returned to live in San Francisco in 1847. He traveled extensively throughout the area and made sketches wherever he went. The present volume collects those sketches along with maps of the area, and actual photographs. Subjects include: missions, cattle ranches, scenes in the Sierra Nevadas, mining scenes, landmarks such as Yosemite Valley, Mammoth Tree Grove, Mt. Tamalpais, Lake Tahoe, Donner Lake, &c. Vischer also reproduces the work of others including Thomas Hill, Eadweard Muybridge and Carleton Watkins.This work was rarely issued with the same number of photographs, but this example has a greater number than all others that we can locate in the auction records and with the same number specified by Cowan. Howes mentions it issued with 100 or 120 plates; Graff, 126. The present example, judging by the binding and number of plates, is almost certainly a deluxe presentation copy. Cowan p 662; Farquhar Yosemite 5c; Graff 4492; Howes V131.

        Bonhams
      • EDWARD VISCHER. Vischer's Pictorial of California.
        Oct. 25, 2016

        EDWARD VISCHER. Vischer's Pictorial of California.

        Est: $15,000 - $25,000

        EDWARD VISCHER. Vischer's Pictorial of California. With 170 photographs. Comprising 17 photographs after works by Russell, Watkins, Muybridge, and others; 149 of Vischer's and other artists' original artworks; and 4 topographic maps, all arranged by category. The categories include "Sixty Views of Landscapes in Five Series;" "Trees and Forest Scenes;" "Supplement. Grand Features and Characteristic Ranges of Californian Scenergy with Artists' Friendly Contributions;" and "Review of Claifornia's Progress, Compilation of Technical, Topographic and Pictorial Subjects, Mini, Agriculture and Industry, Traffic, Commerce and Shipping." Albumen prints, the images measuring 6 1/2x4 1/4 inches (16.5x10.8 cm.), and the reverse, on red- or purple-ruled mounts with the captions and numbers. Folio, gilt-decorated morocco, with "California" and the name Ismael de Buenaga on the front cover; all edges gilt. San Francisco: Joseph Winterburn & Company, 1870

        Swann Auction Galleries
      • Panorama of the Washoe Region from the Summit of Mount Davidson
        Oct. 24, 2013

        Panorama of the Washoe Region from the Summit of Mount Davidson

        Est: $7,000 - $10,000

        Duotone lithograph, with central circular aerial view surrounded by scenes and text. 38x49 cm. (15x19¼"), on sheet 21½x26½"); accompanied by sheet of descriptive text in three columns. Rare lithographed view of the Washoe District. The large circular view at the center is titled "Washoe from the Summit of Mount Davidson - Birds Eye View of Nevada Territory, the Virginia District, Flowery and the Deserts of the Emigrant Road, Washoe Proper, the Truckee Country, and the Eastern Range of the Sierra Nevada." Surrounding this are eight views: Devils Gate; Sparrow & Trench's Mill, Silver City; Entrance to the Gould & Curry Mine; Virginia City from the South Side; Gold Hill, Mount Davidson and the Ophir Road; The Gold Hill Mines; Entrance to the Ophir Mine; and The Ophir Works in Washoe Valley. There are two blocks of text, giving the principal lodes, and principal crushing mills. OCLC/WorldCat lists only one example of this lithograph, at the University of California, Berkeley. Rare lithographed view of the Washoe District. The large circular view at the center is titled "Washoe from the Summit of Mount Davidson - Birds Eye View of Nevada Territory, the Virginia District, Flowery and the Deserts of the Emigrant Road, Washoe Proper, the Truckee Country, and the Eastern Range of the Sierra Nevada." Surrounding this are eight views: Devils Gate; Sparrow & Trench's Mill, Silver City; Entrance to the Gould & Curry Mine; Virginia City from the South Side; Gold Hill, Mount Davidson and the Ophir Road; The Gold Hill Mines; Entrance to the Ophir Mine; and The Ophir Works in Washoe Valley. There are two blocks of text, giving the principal lodes, and principal crushing mills. OCLC/WorldCat lists only one example of this lithograph, at the University of California, Berkeley.

        PBA Galleries Auctions & Appraisers
      • VISCHER, EDWARD. 1809-1878. Views of California. The Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras County, California. And its Avenues. San Francisco: Edward Vischer, [1862].
        Oct. 16, 2013

        VISCHER, EDWARD. 1809-1878. Views of California. The Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras County, California. And its Avenues. San Francisco: Edward Vischer, [1862].

        Est: -

        VISCHER, EDWARD. 1809-1878. Views of California. The Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras County, California. And its Avenues. San Francisco: Edward Vischer, [1862].

        Bonhams
      • VISCHER, EDWARD. 1809-1878. Vischer's Pictorial of California Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic and Customs. San Francisco: Joseph Winterburn & Company, April 1870.
        Dec. 02, 2010

        VISCHER, EDWARD. 1809-1878. Vischer's Pictorial of California Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic and Customs. San Francisco: Joseph Winterburn & Company, April 1870.

        Est: $12,000 - $18,000

        Vischer's Pictorial of California Landscape, Trees and Forest Scenes. Grand Features of California Scenery, Life, Traffic and Customs. San Francisco: Joseph Winterburn & Company, April 1870. Text and separate plate volume. [10], 8, [8], [9]-132, iii pp. 170 albumen prints (170 x 292 to 111 x 168 mm), mounted. 4to & small folio plate volume. Text in original brown cloth stamped in blind and gilt. Plate volume in period full dark green morocco by Bartling & Kimball, covers with gilt and raised panels with floral and foliate design, upper cover titled "CALIFORNIA," spine in six compartments, one of which is gilt-lettered, the others with gilt decoration, a.e.g. Housed together in period purple pebbled cloth 2-part box, inset to accommodate smaller text volume, lid lettered "CALIFORNIA" uniform with plate volume. Both volumes fine, box faded and with one side collapsing, lining with some foxing, lid with separation at corners. FIRST EDITION, A REMARKABLE COPY WITH 170 MOUNTED ALBUMEN PRINTS. Vischer, a native of Bavaria, first visited California in 1842, and returned to live in San Francisco in 1847. He traveled extensively throughout the area and made sketches wherever he went. The present volume collects those sketches along with maps of the area, and actual photographs. Subjects include: missions, cattle ranches, scenes in the Sierra Nevadas, mining scenes, landmarks such as Yosemite Valley, Mammoth Tree Grove, Mt. Tamalpais, Lake Tahoe, Donner Lake, &c. Vischer also reproduces the work of others including Thomas Hill, Eadweard Muybridge and Carleton Watkins. This work was rarely issued with the same number of photographs, but this example has a greater number than all others that we can locate in the auction records and with the same number specified by Cowan. Howes mentions it issued with 100 or 120 plates; Graff, 126. The present example, judging by the binding and number of plates, is almost certainly a deluxe presentation copy prepared for a discriminating client. Cowan p 662; Farquhar Yosemite 5c; Graff 4492; Howes V131. Acquisition: purchased from William Reese Company, 2001, $15,000.

        Bonhams
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