Lot 12: Various Artists Mr. and Mrs. John Scott Golden Wedding 1827-1877

Various Artists
Mr. and Mrs. John Scott Golden Wedding 1827-1877
bound in full crimson morocco with onlay and gilt decoration by Edward Bosqui Printing Company, San Francisco
Executed in 1877

Footnotes

• Provenance
  Reverend John and Elizabeth (née Littig) Scott, Baltimore, Maryland and San Francisco, California.
  Mary Francis (née Scott) Orrick, Oakland, California, circa 1883.
  Mary Elizabeth (née Orrick) Nowland, Oakland, California, circa 1930.
  Frances Orrick Nowland, Oakland, California.
  Private collection, Northern California, by descent from the above.
  Bonhams and Butterfield, California and American Paintings and Sculpture, November 23, 2009, Sale 17538, Lot 1.
  
  This book was presented to Rev. and Mrs. John Scott on the occasion of their 50th wedding anniversary, and includes a hand-drawn title page, sixteen original illustrations, two hand-tinted photographs, a photogravure, and an etching on silk.
  
  List of illustrations
  1. Juan Buckingham Wandesforde (1817-1902), Couple at two stages of life surrounded by garland, signed 'Wandesford' (lower center), ink wash and graphite heightened with white, 8 x 11 1/4in
  
  2. Emmanuel Wyttenbach (1841-1903), Overland Mail Stagecoach No. 1 with train in the background, signed and dated 'E. Wyttenbach del. 1877' (lower left), ink and ink wash, 8 x 11in
  
  *3. Emmanuel Wyttenbach (1841-1903), Indians by a train with an inset of first American locomotive, signed 'E. Wyttenbach' (lower right), ink and ink wash, 7 x 11in
  
  4. Emmanuel Wyttenbach (1841-1903), Side paddle steamer, signed 'E. Wyttenbach del' within the composition (lower left), ink and ink wash, 7 x 10in
  
  5. Emmanuel Wyttenbach (1841-1903), Fireman and cable car, San Francisco, signed 'E. Wyttenbach' within the composition (lower right), ink wash and graphite, 7 x 10in
  
  6. Emmanuel Wyttenbach (1841-1903), Ploughing the field with inset of first steam train in America and two figures sewing, signed 'E. Wyttenbach' within the composition (lower right), pencil and ink wash, 7 x 10in
  
  7. Emmanuel Wyttenbach (1841-1903), Corner house with figures, signed 'E. Wyttenbach' within the composition (lower right), ink wash and graphite, 7 x 10 1/2in
  
  8. Artist Unknown, A Family of Monkeys, unsigned, ink and wash heightened with white, 7 1/2 x 10in
  
  9. Emmanuel Wyttenbach (1841-1903), Evolution of warfare including Ironclad, signed 'E. Wyttenbach' within the composition (lower left), ink wash and graphite, 7 1/2 x 10in
  
  10. William Harring (1811-1894), Red Cross (aftermath of war) pencil and wash, signed and dated 'W. Harring 1877' (lower right), 9 1/4 x 7in
  
  *11. Charles Lewis Bugbee (1838-1880), Ode to California, Gold Rush inset, and state seal inset, signed 'C.L. Bugbee del.' within the composition (lower center), ink and ink wash, 7 x 11 1/2in
  
  12. Charles Lewis Bugbee (1838-1880), Emancipation Proclamation, signed 'C.L. Bugbee del.' (lower right), ink and wash, 9 1/4 x 8 1/2in
  
  13. Juan Buckingham Wandesforde (1817-1902), Nesting birds by a lake, signed 'Wandesforde' (lower right), ink wash, 6 1/2 x 9in
  
  14. Juan Buckingham Wandesforde (1817-1902), Old man and his dog, signed 'Wandesforde' (lower right), wash on paper, 7 x 9in
  
  15. Virgil Williams (1830-1886), Angel appearing to a couple, signed with monogram 'VW' (lower left), ink wash heightened with white, 10 1/2 x 7 1/2in
  
  16. Virgil Williams (1830-1886), Three Generations with sunset beyond, signed with monogram 'VW' (lower left), 10 x 7 1/2in
  
  *(illustrated)