H26.2300X

Pencil sketches of Oakland.--1877-1887 by Ferd. Rickardt resident of Oakland 1875-1895 (Oak trees--building--Lake Merritt etc. Artists 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 drawing of a rowboat with 4 figures, including a woman with a parasol, on Lake Merritt. Shoreline with buildings and fences. Front, lower right-hand corner: "Lake Merritt 1863, Ferd. Richardt."