Digital Image: 1888 Roethe / Elliott Bird's Eye View of 'Hangtown' Placerville, California
PlacervilleCAView-roethe-1888_d
Title
Bird's Eye View Placerville, Cal.
1888 (dated) 20.75 x 28.5 in (52.705 x 72.39 cm)
1888 (dated) 20.75 x 28.5 in (52.705 x 72.39 cm)
Description
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Digital Map Information
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Cartographer S
Louis Henry Roethe (1860 - 1928) was an artist of Californian landscapes, scenes, and cities. Born in Shasta to parents who migrated during the Gold Rush, Roethe showed artistic skill at a young age and by 14 had entered the new San Francisco School of Design (now the San Francisco Art Institute). He studied under Virgil Macey Williams and Raymond Dabb Yelland (known for their California landscapes), as well as Oscar Kunath, known for portraiture. From 1880 - 1885, Roethe then spent five years in Bavaria, Germany honing his craft before returning to San Francisco and establishing a studio. More by this mapmaker...
Wallace William Elliott (fl. c. 1879 - 1891) was a short-lived but important lithographic artist, printer, and publisher based in the San Francisco Bay Area. The firm's (often but not always W.W. Elliott and Co.) output consists almost entirely of bird's-eye views of California cities (listed in Reps), along with histories of the young state's counties. Some other works also dealt with Arizona, Idaho, and the Pacific Northwest. Very little is known about Elliott (aside form being born in New York in 1842 and residing in Alameda County in his most active years) or his firm, which appears to have had operations in both San Francisco and Oakland. Learn More...
References
OCLC 5483065 (co-mingles originals and reproductions). Reps (1984), 243.