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Auction 149, Lot 215

"[Lot of 2] Mission of San Diego [and] San Diego from the Old Fort",

Subject: San Diego, California

Period: 1848-56 (circa)

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A. Mission of San Diego, by Charles Koppel, from Report of Explorations in California for Railroad Routes…, circa 1856, hand color (8.8 x 6.5"). This charming scene of San Diego is one of the earliest printed views of the mission. The mission was the location of San Diego's first military post and it was occupied by the Army from 1847 to 1857. This tinted lithograph is based on the drawing by Heinrich Moellhausen for the railroad survey by Lt. R.S. Williamson. Condition: A clean and bright example. (A)

B. San Diego from the Old Fort, by C.B. Graham, circa 1848, black & white (6.7 x 4.4"). Published in Emory's Notes of Military Reconnaissance from Fort Leavenworth, Missouri, to San Diego, California.... This is an early, Mexican War period view of San Diego. Condition: Minor foxing mainly confined to the left blank margin and some creasing at bottom. (B+)

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Estimate: $140 - $170

Sold for: $120

Closed on 5/21/2014

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