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| | Born in Pennsylvania about 1815. Stellwagon entered the U.S. Navy in 1833 and sailed to the Caribbean Islands. While on a tour of duty, he sailed around the Horn in 1849 and spent about a year in San Francisco. While there, he painted several watercolors of the San Francisco Bay area and Sacramento. In 1856 he was a member of the Coast Survey in the Nantucket Shoals area. Later, as captain of the Savannah, he sailed to China, South America, and Africa. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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| | A coastal survey artist active in California about 1849. |
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