Drawing by Edward Vischer of four California missions [drawings, circa 1870]
Description
The drawings were re-purposed for Vallejo's project; they are placed within windows cut out of the inscribed upper sheet of paper. Edward Vischer, a German-born painter and photographer, is best known for his pencil sketches of California landscapes throughout the 1860's and 1870's, especially of missions, trees, mountains and rural scenes. He published his work in Pictorial of California (1870), and two albums of drawings of California missions (1872 and 1878)., Drawings by Edward Vischer of four California missions, and a small oval portrait of the General inset in the caption, circa 1870., Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.