2003.57.1

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Untitled (California Pears)|From the ranch of Mr. Kercheval, Sacramento River, 203 pears, weight, 85 pounds
c. 1873
6.5625 in HIGH x 4.937 in WIDE
(16.67 cm HIGH x 10.95 cm WIDE)
Art Acquisition Fund
2003.57.1

Printed on mount below image: "C. E. WATKINS' / ART GALLERY, / 26 Montgomery Street, San Francisco, opposite Lick House."
Reverse top center, pencil: "California Pears. / 204 Pears weighing / 85 lb."





A stereograph of the same bunch of pears, also by Watkins, is in the collection of the New York Public Library. It's caption reads: "From the ranch of Mr. Kercheval, Sacramento River, 203 pears, weight, 85 pounds."
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