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

Signature: Signed lower right

and one of the most prolific of the great flourishing of English cartography that occured during the Restoration Era

on Marsh Island between the Stillwater and Penobscot rivers

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

and a unique inset of Cumberland

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