Scene At The Mouth Of Russian River
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Scene At The Mouth Of Russian River
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Print Collector
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Drawing - Illustration
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Scene at the Mouth of Russian River', 1872. Fishing boat on the Russian River where it flows into the Pacific Ocean, California, USA. The river takes its name from the Russian-American Company which explored the area in the early 19th century. 'The entrance to the mouth of Russian River is quite picturesque. There are numbers of schooners and sloops laden with red-wood, some going north, to Portland - others south, to San Francisco, Monterey, and as far down as the Isthmus'. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American . Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]. Artist John Filmer. (Photo by The Print Collector/Heritage Images via Getty Images)
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January 29th, 2021
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