H26.2300AA

Pencil sketches of Oakland.--1877-1887 by Ferd. Rickardt resident of Oakland 1875-1895 (Oak trees--building--Lake Merritt etc. Artist's name appears in Mallett's "Guide to Artists" as Joaquim Ferdinand Richardt and in German dictionary of Artists (in U. C. Library) Noted for drawings and landscape paintings. (G.Weininger, 1/2002) Pencil drwaing of 4 figures (3 standing, 1 sitting) under a grouping of trees somewhere in East Oakland (exact location unknown). Front of piece: bottom right-hand corner, handwritten, is "East Oakland, 4/30/87, Fred. Richardt."