| Date: | said to be undated |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 30 x 20 in (76 x 51 cm) |
| Inscription: | said to be l/r "F. Schafer" |
| Verso: | said to be "$80" and "Ev. on CASTLE ROCK, COLUMBIA RIVER, OREGON" in black brush. |
| Provenance: | With Lunds Auction auction, Victoria, B.C., c. 1988; to Veillette & White collection, Victoria, B.C., 1988. |
| Site: | Castle Rock is located on the Columbia River, east of Portland, Oregon. |
| Description: | The painting shows the riverbank lower right with a group of tall evergreens. In the lower right middle is the large rectangular Castle Rock backlighted by a pink sunset sky reflected on the River to the left. (Description from the collector, October 1998.) |
| Note: | Lewis and Clark named the geographic feature in the painting "Beacon Rock" but at one time it was also called "Castle Rock" [Edmond C. Meany, Origins of Washington Geographic Names, page 40]. |
| Identification: | The Victoria Times on 9 October 1909 carried an advertisement by an Unidentified auctioneer for a Mrs. Erb at 2641 Douglas Street, which lists 7 or 8 Schafer oil paintings, including a Castle Rock. It is possible that that is this painting. |
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Evening on Castle Rock, Columbia River, Oregon [3]