| Date: | 1896 |
| Medium: | wall mural of unknown materials |
| Size: | 10 by 12 feet (estimated) |
| Inscription: | n.v. |
| Verso: | not applicable |
| Provenance: | in collection of Oak Grove Lodge 215, Free and Accepted Masons, Alameda, California; the building has since been sold and the murals may have been destroyed. |
| Reproductions: | Photograph by Philip A. C. Harris, c. 1930; Sherman, Edward A., Fifty Years of Masonry in California, page 406; Oak Grove Lodge No. 215 F & A.M. 1871–1971 Centennial, page 33f. |
| Citations: | San Francisco Chronicle, 24 April 1896. |
| Description: | A deep desert canyon in the center has a road carved in its right slope. At the top of the canyon wall on the right are a half-dozen tropical trees; on the left canyon wall are cedars. In the distance is a lake or river, with low hills beyond. (From a monochrome photograph.) |
| Note: | This was one of five [Murals of the Masonic lodge, Alameda, California]. For more information, see the notes in that entry. |
| Identification: | From the description in the book by Sherman. The San Francisco Chronicle describes one of the murals as "an arm of the Java Sea," apparently referring to this painting. |
| Other title(s): | An arm of the Java Sea (San Francisco Chronicle) |
| In index(es): | Title list, foreign scenes, miscellaneous other well-known landmarks, murals |
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