| Date: | probably undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 20 x 36 in (51 x 92 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "F Schafer", in the artist's block-letter hand |
| Verso: | said to be "North Head of Golden Gate" |
| Provenance: | In private collection, Denver "around 1891"; by descent to private collection, Denver, in 1969. |
| Reproductions: | William K. Dick photo #83 (color, 1972); Alameda Free Library Clipping File photo(color, c. 1969) |
| Site: | A view out to the open ocean from the North side of the Golden Gate, near San Francisco, California. |
| Description: | Large swells from the sea at the left break against a red rock cliff at the right. Below the cliff are several smaller, jagged rocks; the mast of a wrecked ship lies at an angle below the cliff and other pieces of the wreck have washed in among the rocks. Behind the cliff to the right is a more distant, higher cliff; a seagull is silhouetted against the blue sky above the cliffs. To the left, a two-masted steamship sails along the horizon under a layer of orange clouds. (From a color photograph.) |
| Note: | This painting and South Head of Golden Gate appear to be pendants. |
| Legend: | The Denver, Colorado, owner is said to have met Schafer in person and acquired this painting, along with six others by the artist, on a honeymoon trip to California around 1891. |
| Identification: | Both photographs are of the same Denver collection. The Alameda Library photograph, supplied by the current owner, is labeled simply North Head. |
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