Newspaper advertisement of an October 1876 multiple-artist auction in San Francisco
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Image credit: Sutro Library, San Francisco. Found by William K. Dick.
Frederick Ferdinand Schafer Painting CatalogImage record 8030 |
Image credit: Sutro Library, San Francisco. Found by William K. Dick.
| Related images: | Newspaper notice of this auction. |
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| Original: | Xerographic copy from microfilm. Published Tuesday, 3 October 1876, in the San Francisco Evening Bulletin XLII, 152, page 2, column 7. |
| Scan: | 400 x 400 pixels/inch, 8-bit gray scale by JHS 24 November 2002 |
| Adjustments: | Image digitally contrast-enhanced and sharpened with extensive spot and speckle removal. Image contains ICC color profile. |
| Note: | The auction sale of this advertisement provides the earliest documented terminus ante quom so far located for Schafer's presence in the United States. Nearly identical advertisements appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle of 2, 3, and 4 October 1876 and the slightly reworded version appeared in the (San Francisco) Daily Alta California on 5 October 1876. The advertisements mention a catalog that has not been located. |
| Calibration: | Targets |
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