COLLECTION NAME:
John Russell Bartlett Collection
Record
Record number:
JRB174
Title:
[Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico] Osk Bessau from a Sketch by G. Bartlett
Place:
Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico
Date:
ca. 1853, based on a sketch of January 1, 1852
Image technique:
pencil and white on beige paper
Image dimensions:
7.3 x 10.6 inches
Narrative description:
View of a town with mountains in the background. This sketch may have been taken from a sketch done by George Bartlett, John Russell Bartlett's brother who was also on the Boundary Commission. On the verso is " Hermosillo 21 Dec 1851," although Bartlett was in Ures, Sonora on December 21, 1851, and didn't arrive in Hermosillo until December 30. Bartlett writes that he made a sketch of Hermosillo on January 1, 1852, at the urging of several young people. This sketch corresponds closely to the lithograph in vol. 1, p. 468, of the Personal Narrative.
Notes:
Related drawings: none. Personal Narrative derivative: vol. 1, p. 468.
Creators:
Oscar Bessau
Subject:
Landscape
Normalized date:
1853
JRB174
