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149. CHARLES JACOB HITTELL (CALIFORNIA 1861-1938), OIL ON ARTIST BOARD “MONTEREY BAY” JULY
18 TH 1878, depicting a gentleman on horseback and woman standing at his side, with homesteads in the landscape and a panorama
view of water inlet with clipper ships in the distance, pencil signed on verso, “Monterey Bay July 1878 C. Hittell Pinxit, in period
molded gilt frame.
Site: 7 ½ in. x 10 ½ in. Overall: 10 ½ in. x 13 ½ in.
1,500/2,000
Hittell, a native Californian was born in San Francisco in 1861. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley and attended the School of
Design in San Francisco, traveled to Munich to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and continued to the Academie Julian in Paris, France where
he was considered a colorful character and earned the nickname of Carlos who traveled the city in cowboy outfits of spurs, chaps and a ten-gallon hat
that was given to him by Buffalo Bill.
150. FRENCH FRUITWOOD PINBALL GAME, circa 1870, inlaid border with 3 bell gates and figural extra ball gate, storage
boxes at the corners, on turned folding legs with iron supports.
Length 51 ½ in. Width 28 in.
2,500/3,500
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