| Date: | 1891 |
| Medium: | gouache (on paper?) |
| Size: | 25.75 x 19.375 in (65.4 x 49.2 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/l "Frederick Schafer 91" "a" said to be umlauted |
| Provenance: | With Rob Kral Fine Arts, Oakland, California, 1987. To collection of Ivan B. and Elvira Hart, Oakland, California, in 1990; by gift to The Museum of Sonoma County, Hart collection, by 1993. |
| Reproductions: | Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #82 (color, 1987); Early California and Western Art Research/Schafer slide #119 (color, 1993) |
| Site: | A view to the Northeast along the Merced River, with Sentinel Rock in the background, in Yosemite Valley, California. |
| Description: | A river flows from the center toward the viewer, filling the right front of the picture. The small figure of a fisherman stands on the right bank. Brownish trees line the right side, green trees the left, while a dying tree leans across the river from the left. Sentinel Rock appears in the center at the very top. (From a color photograph.) |
| Identification: | Descriptive title of unknown origin, as found in the Early California and Western Art Research index. |
| Other title(s): | Trout fishing in Yosemite (from 1993 Early California and Western Art Research index) |
| In index(es): | Title list, fishing scenes, mountain streams through a forest, Yosemite Valley--Sentinel Rock, paintings currently held in museums and public collections, dated paintings |
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