Description: WATER COLOR SKETCHES OF THE WHITE CITY AND THE SUNSET CITY. By Charles Graham, Director of Color of the 1894 California Midwinter Fair, San Francisco. Measures 11 1/2 x 9 inches. Rare 8 plates with chromolithograph illustrations, plus front and back cover illustrations, so 10 altogether. Cover illustrations on linen-backed chromolithograph wrappers, string tied. First edition. The front cover has the imprint "The Winters Art Litho. Co., Chicago." Charles Graham was "Director of Color of the California Midwinter Fair. Charles Graham (1852-1911) was a self-taught itinerant artist who worked for HARPER'S WEEKLY and other national magazines in the 1870s and 1880s. He had studios in San Francisco at various times between 1883 and 1896. He was director of color at the Chicago World's Fair in 1893, and served in the same capacity the following year at the California Midwinter Fair where he also illustrated the souvenir guides. The California Midwinter International Exposition of 1894, commonly referred to as the "Midwinter Exposition" or the "Midwinter Fair", was a World's Fair that officially operated from January 27 to July 5 in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Published 1894 by the San Francisco Examiner. Printed by Winters Art Litho Co, Chicago. Very good condition. Scuff to small section of the back cover.
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