City of Los Angeles, California – Harper’s Weekly 1890 Hand-Colored Wood Engraving Portrait Signature: Signed lower right

Signature: Signed lower right

Rich layers of palette knife texture and luminous shades of blue capture beachgoers wading through shimmering surf

on Marsh Island between the Stillwater and Penobscot rivers

Features insets of Troy

fortification designs

City of Los Angeles, California – Harper’s Weekly 1890 Hand-Colored Wood Engraving Portrait Signature: Signed lower rightA finely detailed hand colored wood engraving of Los Angeles, published in Harpers Weekly in 1890 and drawn by noted illustrator Charles Graham, presenting a lively multi view panorama of the city during its early period of expansion. This composition highlights eleven identified locations across Los Angeles, including: Lawn on Figueroa Street The Crocker Mansion A Typical House Senorita in Roses The Plaza and the Mission Church Palms on San Pedro