Frederick Ferdinand Schafer Painting Catalog

Image record 8288


Post-auction report of a 2–3 July 1885 auction of Schafer paintings in Victoria, B.C.

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[painting photograph]

Image credit: University of Victoria Library.


Related images: Advertisement, including a catalog, of this sale.
A notice of this sale.
A second notice of this sale.

Information about this image:
Original: Scanned copy from archive.org. Published Saturday, 5 July 1885 in the (Victoria, British Columbia) The Daily Colonist XLIV, 20, page 3, column 2.
Adjustments: Image digitally contrast-enhanced and sharpened. Image contains ICC color profile.
Note: (1) The artist is referred to as "Professor Shaffer" but from comments in related clippings, painting titles, and reports of other visits to Pacific Coast cities by the artist in the summer of 1885 there is no question that it is Frederick Ferdinand Schafer. (2) This is one of at least four newspaper notices and advertisements about this sale.
Calibration: Targets

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