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born: Paris, France; 27 April 1844
died: Honolulu, Hawaii; 18 May 1889
Tavernier and Frénzeny are on a trip across the US, Part 2 documented this trip.
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1873/4 |
Woodcuts from the Western sketching trip for Harper's Weekly are documented separately in Part 2, the Western Trip Catalogpub: G v17-19 1873-75 The Harper's Weekly pictures were all pencil/pen sketches. Some of them may exist as separate signed or unsigned works of art. If anyone has one we would love to hear about it. |
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PART 2 concludedFollowing are pictures and sketches from the
trip |
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1873 |
Clearwater, Kansas[Watercolor has image similar (but mirrored) to woodcut
published in Harper's Weekly v18, 2 May 1874, pp.386,387] |
unknown location pub: B; ref. ed. Athol Furman Reusser. Clearwater Alive in 85: Kansas 1885-1985 In the Valley of the Ninnescah. p.25 b+w ill. and ref to: Miller, Nyle H., Edgar Langsdorf and Robert Richmond. Kansas, A Pictorial History. Kansas Centennial Commission; Topeka, 1961 |
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Earliest photo of original. 6 October 1873 [Just for fun: a modern colorized version of this picture is available.] |
Main Street from Eagle Block, Wichita.First referred to by Robert Taft in his article about Frenzeny and Tavernier in the Kansas State Historical Society Quarterly Feb 1946, reprinted as ref J in 1953. He refers to this item as "an original pencil sketch" in the Wichita Public Museum with the date in the upper left corner. The problem is obvious from the picture that the date is lower left not upper left. This can be explained by V2 of the picture. In which the bottom notation has been truncated and the date moved to the upper left by another hand. If this were to have been done to the original, which is highly probable, then Robert Taft saw this modified version of the picture. 'The Wichita Public Museum' probably refers to the Wichita-Sedgwick County Historical Museum under a previous name. It is believed by Bob Puckett, director, that they once owned the pencil sketch referred to in last paragraph on p. 102, but was loaned for the publication "Wichita Century: a pictorial history of Wichita, Kansas, 1870-1970," by R.M. "Dick" Long (p. 37), and not returned. They (Wichita-Sedgwick Co. Historical Museum) have a copy (photoreproduction) made before the loan. [Information from Lois Crane, Wichita Art Museum librarian.] In reality the Wichita-Sedgwick County Museum has four photographs related to this image. This picture on the left is derived from the third of the four, because it appeared the most compete, and was the earliest and cleanest as well. V1 is heavily trimmed, but appears to be a photo of the same original. V2 and V3 are independent photos of the same source; V4 is a photo of a printed copy. V1 has the typed notation: "from the collection of John P. Davidson". [Information from Jami Frazier Tracy, registrar, Wichita-Sedgwick County Museum] Photos courtesy of the Wichita-Sedgwick County Museum, who were most helpful by scanning and sending all four images for this catalog. |
lost, probably destroyed titled, dated LL: Maine Street from Eagle Bloc, October
6, 1873 pub: ref J p.193 says it is in the Wichita Public Museum. provenance: see comments to the left.
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4 August 1873 |
Forest and 1st Ave:
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Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas signed LL: Jules Tavernier Provenance: |
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1873 |
•Study for Busted!•Deserted Kansas TownThis date assumes that the sketch was contemporaneous with Tavernier's visit to Kansas. [Watercolor has image similar to woodcut published in Harper's Weekly v18; 28 February 1874; p. 192] |
Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas (1981-144) signed LL: Jules Tavernier undated. Provenance: |
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n.d. |
Barn Yardattributed to Jules Tavernier |
Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas (1981-143) unsigned, undated. Provenance: |
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n.d. |
Cattle Shedby C.B. Turrell after Tavernier [Image of a barn-like structure with a fenced doorway.] |
Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas (1981-141) Provenance: |
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1873/74 |
Las Airumasattributed to Tavernier Titled LR: "Interium ?iew? / date: assuming it was contemporaneous with his visit. |
Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas undated. unsigned Provenance: |
| 1873/74 | Habitations, Mexicaines, |
Denver Public Library |
1874 |
with Frénzeny:Denver from the Highlands |
Public Library Denver, CO, US |
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c1874 |
Portrait of Red CloudThis date assumes that the sketch was contemporaneous with Tavernier's visit to Nebraska. |
Augusta College Signed LL not dated. Provenance: |
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11 June [1874] |
Toute pour la cuisine,
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Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, Kansas (1981-142) unsigned Provenance: |
Part 3 of the Catalog of Tavernier Illustrations and Art Anyone who has more information please
contact the museum using: Publication information associated with a picture's location gives a letter code representing the location in the Bibliography located at the beginning of the catalog. Periodical publications, in general, are cited directly. The pictures and woodcuts below are listed in approximate chronological order. |
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| Year | Title | Location |
| Arrival San Francisco July/August 1874 |
First San Francisco Period |
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after 1874 |
Portrait of |
De Young Memorial Museum, San Francisco; on loan to Oakland Museum of
California (A60.20.106) |
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after 1874 |
California Seascape with Sailboats |
location unknown signed auction: Butterfields 6/1999 |
n.d. |
Awaiting Montezuma[date, Monterey Museum reports: c1872, which is too early. Must be c1874 or later.] [In 1875 Harpers published a wood cut of this painting. See the Frénzeny/Tavernier trip gallery. There is another oil on this same topic, see c1879] |
Monterey Museum On loan: Betty Hoag McGlynn and Thomas A. L. McGlynn collection |
| sometime after 1874 oil |
Cobweb Saloon |
California Historical Society San Francisco, CA |
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1874 |
The Minisongs of Germany |
location unknown, although the original is probably still in the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. pub: F, v1, p66 |
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about 1874 |
Interior of
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Bancroft Library, University of California (Robert B Honeyman, Jr. Collection) |
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about 1875 |
Carmel Mission[Brigitta Hjalmarson gives the date of 1873 for this painting, which is much too early: 1874 or 1875 much more likely.] |
Garzolli Galleries San Rafael, CA, US |
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1875 |
In Wildwood Glen — Sausalito California |
Dr. Carl Schaefer Dentzel, Northridge, CA |
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1875 |
Robert Burns
[It shows a horse rider going over a vine over bridge in the forest.] |
location unknown, although the original is probably still in the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. Pub F, v1, p77
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1875 |
Music
[Apologies for the quality of this image which is a scan of a zerox of Pub F, but something is better than nothing -- ed.] |
location unknown, although the original is probably still in the Bohemian Club in San Francisco. Pub F, v1, p102 |
| Move to Monterey late in 1874 / early 1875 |
Monterey Period |
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1874 |
White Crane |
Location Unknown ref. Monterey Herald 11 Nov 1874 p.2 [K. p.102] |
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n.d. |
Indian Village at Dawn[date: c1874] |
Thomas A. Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art signed LR: Jules Tavernier pub: Paul A. Rossi and David C. Hunt; The Art of the Old West; 1971, Knopf; p.57 provenance: Gilcrease Foundation purchase from M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York City, July 14, 1950 |
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n.d. |
Indian Encampment at Sunset[date: c1874] |
unknown location signed auction: Sotheby's NY, 5/1989 |
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after 1874 |
Sioux Camp in Winter |
unknown location signed: ? pub: magazine, 1991 |
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1875 |
Cypress Point, Monterey, CaliforniaVerso: beige paper label with black printing on each panel center "Prepared Millboard" with insignia with (L-R) lions, crow, unicorn, "Winsor & Newton Artists' Colourmen To Her Majesty and to T.R.H. The Prince and Princess of Wales, 38 Rathbone Place, W. and North London Colour Works, Kentish Town, N.W.". Annotated on label left in pencil upper right "18 (encircled) L". Annotated label right in dark pencil top under heading "Painted by Jules Tavernier 1875", in light pencil upper right side "18 (Encircled) R", lower edge in dark pencil "I am witness E. Rufus Hill."—from an appraisers report on the item. |
Harrison Memorial Library titled and signed LL: Cypress Point Montere Cal J. Tavernier provenance: given to the libary prior to 1937 by Augustin S. MacDonald |
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1875 |
• A Scene in the Cypress Grove
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Location Unknown provenance: sold to Dr. Stillman of SF. —Monterey Argus 30 May 1876 [K. p.29] ref: SF Chronicle 8 Jan 1876 p.30 [K. p.27] Monterey Herald 1 Jan 1876 p.3 quoting SF Alta California [K. p28] |
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1875 |
In the Woods |
Location Unknown provenance: owned by J.C. Duncan [K. p.103] |
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1875 |
Storm — Cypress Point, Monterey County |
Location Unknown provenance: owned by Senator Stanford. [K. p.103] |
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n.d. |
Nocturnal Landscape
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unknown location
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1874/5 |
Scene Near Monterey |
Location Unknown ref. San Francisco Evening Bulletin 8 May 1875 [K p.103] |
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1874/5 |
Cypress Point
[This may be Harrison Memorial Library picture shown with a similar name above.] |
Location Unknown ref SF Newsletter 1 Nov 1876 p.12 |
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1875/6 |
Point Cypress Sunset
[This may also be Harrison Memorial Library picture shown with a similar name above.] |
Location Unknown ref. Salinas Monterey City Index 20 July 1876 [K p.103] |
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1875/6 |
Washerwoman's Canyon |
Location Unknown ref. Salinas Monterey City Weekly Index 5 October 1876 [K. p.103] |
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1876 |
Sunset View on the Toro Ranch |
Location Unknown ref Salinas Democrat 9 Sep 1876 p.3 [K p.113] provenance: 1877 purchased by Dr. Crespin of Hollister |
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1876 |
Interior of Tital Cavern on Point Lobos Beach[Tavernier planned to send this painting to the Paris Exposition of 1878.] |
Location Unknown ref SF Newsletter 9 Dec 1876 p.23 [K p.114] |
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1876 |
La Source[Depicts the standstone pillars near the headwaters of the Carmel River at Tassajara Springs.] |
Destroyed in a Fire as Edward Bosqui's home in Ross California, 1897. Displayed in Mechanics' Institute Show in SF in 1876. [K p115] |
1877/8 |
Old Carmel Mission |
The Argonaut [San Francisco] October 1878 |
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1875 |
Old Carmel Mission
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William A. Karges Fine Art signed LL: JULES TAVERNIER 1875 |
1875 |
Cañada Honda, Monterey
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Monterey Museum Signature and date LR On loan: Betty Hoag McGlynn and Thomas A. L. McGlynn collection pub. Monterey Herald 11 Nov 1875 [K. p.103] |
1875 |
Pacific Grove Cottage[A pleasant sketch of a 2 story, wood sided home with a picket fence, sidewalk and tree.] |
Monterey Museum Signature and date LR |
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1876 |
Interior View of Carmel Mission
[Hoag equates this with Carmel Mission on San Carlos Bay [sic] but that picture is so far from an interior view it seems unlikely they are the same.] |
location unknown ref [K p.106] |
1876 |
El Cuartel[This appears like oils used like watercolors and shows a small town street with a few indistinct people, one on horseback (possibly old Monterey).] |
Monterey Museum |
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1876 |
Cypress Point Near Monterey |
Location Unknown ref. Monterey Californian 18 Feb 1877 [K. p.104] |
1876 |
Artist's Reverie |
Private Collection provenance: 1970s Carmel Museum of Art (but owned by Mrs. Anthony White, Hillsborough, CA, US) 1980s sold to Dr. Oscar Lemer DDS of S.F. pub: ref B, [ref K p.115-7], |
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1876 |
Rocky MountainsDescription: The painting is a landscape with narrative overtones. Through a rugged mountain setting two mule-drawn covered wagons are seen at mid-distance proceeding toward the viewer; they are approaching in the more immediate foreground a log bridge which has quite obviously tumbled and broken - hence the narrative drama. The overall lighting of the scene tends to be dark as the artist seems to have been equally fascinated with atmospheric effests - fog in the valley behind the wagons and a sun, blocked by a carefully placed patch of cloud so that an irregular rim of direct illumination is suggested. The artist's oil technique is moderate and painterly, neither thin nor heavily applied. [Information from Susan Conolly, registrar, Taylor Museum] |
Taylor Museum Signed and Dated LL: Provenance: The Colorado Springs
Fine Arts Center purchased the painting from the Rosenstock Gallery of
Western Art in Denver in 1979; according to the file, for most of its
history the work belonged to the famous Tabor family of Denver. |
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1876 |
• Disputed Passage |
Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art signature: L.R. Jules Tavernier provenance: Gift from J. S. Bottler, Jr., March 25, 1960 Jan 1876 bought by Tiburcio Parrott from Tavernier. |
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1876 |
Pillar Rocks on the Toro Ranch near Monterey[The picture depicts a green pool between columned precipices which were turning crimson for the blaze of a sunset.] |
location unknown ref: Salinas Monterey Democrat 9 Sept 1876 p.3 |
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1876 |
Irish Wit and Humor[It shows an Irishman in his night shirt in front of a day bed with a papal hat and staff confronting a large serpent with a harp and pig in the background; also a table with a meal and a bottle of beer or spirits.] |
location unknown Pub F, v1, p147 |
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1876 |
Au Revior[Picture shows a young Spanish girl peering through a gate though which someone has just departed.] |
location unknown ref Salinas Weekly Index 14 Dec 1876 p.3 [K p.71] |
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1876 |
Hunter at Monterey |
Bohemian Club Pub F, v8, p 17 |
1876 |
Spring of the Hunter[Picture shows two dogs standing in the path down which their master is walking.] |
Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art signature: L.L.: provenance: Gift to the Museum, from J. S. Bottler, Jr., March 25, 1960 Fall 1876 shown at SF Mechanics' Institue. At that time it was owned by Tiburcio Parrott. Summer 1876 bought by Tiburcio Parrott from Tavernier. |
1876 |
Village Chinois,
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Dr.Carl Schaefer Dentzel signed, dated ref [K p.83] |
1876/8 |
Pomo Maru Cult Dance |
Dr.Carl Schaefer Dentzel, Northridge, CA. US |
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1877 |
Rocky Cove on the Monterey Coast |
Location Unknown ref. SF Chronicle 3 June 1877. |
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1877 |
Coast View Near Monterey |
Location Unknown ref Monterey Californian 20 Apr 1879 p.6 |
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1877 |
Twilight Wooded Scene at Point Cypress |
Location Unknown ref Monterey Californian 8 Jan 1878 p.2 |
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1877 |
The Pioneer[note: The Aldine, New York, cover picture August 1873 — Day after Day, Night after Night, Good Dog] |
Society of California Pioneers, San Francisco Exhibited in: Gold Fever! at the Oakland Museum; 1998/99 ref Argonaut 24 Nov 1877 provenance: |
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c187x |
Camping in the Redwoods |
Washington County Museum of Fine Arts Hagerstown, MD, US |
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about 1877 |
Mountain Landscape |
unknown location signed auction: Southeby's NY; 3/1994 |
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n.d |
In the Redwood Forest[date: c1877] |
Maxwell Galleries
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| 1877 oil |
Live Oak near Monterey[There may be a derivitive drawing in the Argonaut] |
location unknown ref [K.105] |
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n.d. |
• Graves' Slough
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Monterey Museum of Art not signed nor dated. On loan: Betty Hoag McGlynn and Thomas A. L. McGlynn collection ref [K p.105] |
1877 |
Hôstellerie des
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San Francisco Museum of Art Displayed in the SF Mechanics' Fair 1877 and won "Best Historical Painting" provenance: Purchased by F.M. Pixley, co-publisher of the Argonaut. |
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1877 |
Moorish Interior[Shows the Harem of a Turkish potentate] [This picture was probably purchased by Mrs. Mark Hopkins along with several others for the Mark Hopkins estate on Nob Hill in 1879.] |
Destroyed in 1906 SF Earthquake and Fire signed and post dated: 1879 ref. Salinas Democrat 22 Sept 1877 p.3 [K p.108] |
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1877/8 |
Siesta Near Monterey |
location unknown Provenance: owned by Benjamin Avary in 1906 |
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1877/8 |
A Street Scene in Monterey[This may be the origin of the Alvarado Avenue picture in the Argonaut shown below.] |
location unknown ref: SF Chronicle 18 Aug 1878 [K p.106] Shown several times in SF and in NY. |
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1877 |
Night, Snow, Indian Encampment |
Earl C Adams pub: The West Remembered |
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1878 |
• Burial on the Planes
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Location Unknown ref. The Argonaut 6 Mar 1880 p.9 [K p.125] |
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1878 |
• Attack by Indians near Chimney Rock
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Bohemian Club pub: ref F, v5, p147 color image F v8 p17 ref K p.126 provenance: |
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The Broken Bridge[Similar to Ambush, above, but was an upright and contained some foreground trees and a broken bridge.] |
Location Unknown displayed in SD Art Association Show of 1878 ref SF Chronicle 18 Aug 1878 [K p.126/7] provenance: 1879 Sold for $2,000 |
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1878 |
• Gathering for the Sun Dance |
Location Unknown |
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1878 |
• Crow Butte |
Location Unknown |
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1879 ... unfinished |
• Sioux Encampment
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Oakland Museum of California Not signed nor dated. provenance: |
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1878 |
• The Indian Sweat House
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Location Unknown
refs: |
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n.d. |
Landscape with |
BYU Museum of Art signed : JULES TAVERNIER Provenance: |
n.d. |
Mountains of Santa Cruz[date: aprox 1875-1880] |
Monterey Museum Signature LL. Provenance: |
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about 1878 |
Store in Monterey |
The Argonaut [San Francisco] October 1878 |
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about 1878 |
Strolling Through |
The Argonaut October 1878 |
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about 1878 |
Chinatown and Fisheries |
The Argonaut [San Francisco] October 1878 |
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about 1878 |
Alvarado Ave; |
The Argonaut [San Francisco] October 1878 |
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1878 |
California 1849 |
The Argonaut [San Francisco] December 1878 and used for the Christmas cover in 1879 and 1880. |
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1878 |
Photo: Jules Tavernier[This version of the picture came from the Kansas State Historical Society Photo Archives. This photo is probably a copy of the printed picture in the Bohemian Club Annuals referenced in the next column.] The original is probably still in the Bohemian Club archives. |
Bohemian Club(?) pub: F, v1, p191 |
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1878 |
Thanksgiving Day
[The Pilgrim fathers going to church through a wintry forest, with guns on their shoulders, and their women and children clinging to their hands...] |
location unknown pub: F, v1, p190 |
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1878/9 |
• Monterey Moonlight• Twilight Wooded Scene at Point Cypress• Dark-Green Wood Interior[These may be one, two, or three pictures.] |
Location Unknown ref [K. p104] |
Part 4 Contains images from after Tavernier's return to San Francisco and his time in Hawaii.
Jules Tavernier Gallery Chronological Biography and Selected Paintings.
Jules Tavernier Catalog Summary, Bibliography, and Copyright statement.
Jules Tavernier Catalog (Part 1) France, London, and New York Periods
Frénzeny-Tavernier Western Trip Catalog (Part 2) The Road West
Jules Tavernier Catalog (Part 3) First San Francisco and Monterey Periods
Jules Tavernier Catalog (Part 4) Second San Francisco and Hawaii Periods
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