An expedition artist and engraver who was one of the earliest artist
explorers of the California coast, Georg Heinrich von Langsdorff was
born in Germany. He became a member of the Russian
expedition led by Nikolai Rezanov, and by 1806, they were in San
Francisco.
The Bancroft Library has drawings from that expedition, and one of
them, a scene of the presidio from the expedition ship, is the earliest
known view of San Francisco. Another drawing, done far (showing 500 of 855 characters). |
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