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Auction 109, Lot 715

"Felling the Red-Wood Trees of California - Drawn by Charles Graham", Harper's Weekly

Subject: California

Period: 1886 (published)

Publication:

Color: Hand Color

Size:
20 x 14 inches
50.8 x 35.6 cm
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Seven vignettes of different aspects of lumbering near the end of the century. Vignettes show Korbell's Ranch, the Russian River, and the numerous steps in felling and moving these huge trees.

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Condition: B

Fine impression and full margins. Later coloring. Clean split along upper fold, closed on verso with archival tissue, else very good.

Estimate: $140 - $160

Sold for: $70

Closed on 12/1/2004

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