| Date: | 1885 |
| Medium: | oil on canvas |
| Size: | 24 x 16 inches (61 x 41 cm) |
| Inscription: | l/r "FSchafer 85", initials conjoined in a monogram |
| Verso: | said to be "Morning on Silver Lake" |
| Provenance: | In private collection, Laguna Niguel, California, by 2003; Sold for $3231 by Bonhams & Butterfields, San Francisco, as lot 6140 in sale 7479D. |
| Reproductions: | Bonhams & Butterfields 10 December 2003 sale catalog. |
| Note: | 1. There are a half-dozen bodies of water named "Silver Lake" in California. Another painting with the words "Silver Lake" in its title provided by the artist adds "near Lake Tahoe", but that location is unconfirmed. 2. Paintings with this title have appeared in at least three 19th century auction catalogs but without enough information to either include or exclude the possibility that one of them is this painting. See Paintings known only by title for details. |
| In index(es): | Title list, lake cove scenes, Lake Tahoe and environs, miscellaneous other well-known landmarks, dated paintings |
![[photo]](../smalls/p/img0843.jpg)