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PUBLIC "-//University of California, Berkeley::Bancroft Library//TEXT (US::CUBANC::
BANC PIC 1963.002:0001-1886::Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and
Western American Pictorial Material)//EN" "honeyman.xml"


Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American
Pictorial Material


University of California, Berkeley





Descriptive Summary
Robert B. Honeyman, Jr. Collection of Early Californian and
Western American Pictorial Material
1790 to 1930


Collection Description

The Robert B. Honeyman Jr. Collection of Early Californian and Western American Pictorial Material is comprised of over 2300 items, with formats and media ranging from original oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, lithographs, engravings, etchings, lettersheets, clipper cards, and ephemera, to plates and spoons featuring western themes, and a fore-edge painting. The collection focuses on pictorial interpretations of the old West, with emphasis on the early California and Gold Rush periods…

Landscapes Photographs Travel sketches frontier & pioneer life United States -- California King, James, 1822-1856. Sutter, John Augustus, 1826-1897. Fremont, John Charles, 1813-1890. Container List Individual items by geographical location Northern California: San Francisco The Golden Gate entrance to the bay of San Francisco circa 1855 42.4 x 68 cm 1 foot 5 inches x 2 feet 3 inches print on paper: engraving, hand colored Ayres, Thomas Almond (ca. 1816-1858), American painter Kuchel & Dresel (active ca. 1853-ca. 1865), lithographer Britton & Rey (active 1851-1902), printer BANC PIC 1963.002:1402--FR

View from off Point Lobos looking towards San Francisco Bay with Steamship John L. Stephens and clipper ship Flying Cloud just entering the Golden Gate.

color lithograph marine (visual work) Bays Vessels United States -- California -- San Francisco -- Golden Gate (channel) United States -- California -- San Francisco