(British/America,1825-1884)

Boys Playing Hoops and Marbles, 1870, signed lower right "Ogilby 70", canvas stamped verso "Goupil, (Snow & Roos), oil on canvas, 26 x 31 in.; very fine period carved gilt wood and composition frame, 34 x 39 in.

Note: Born in England, Robert Ogilby came to California as a topographer in 1852. Several of his works were used by lithographers of San Francisco and depict various areas of California as the state was being settled. He taught drawing and painting at Durant University and continued there after it became the University of California in 1868. His rare painted works include views of Mount Shasta. Lake Tahoe, Pescadero and the Missions. He exhibited at the Mechanics Institute in San Francisco in 1869 and belonged to the Society of California Pioneers, established in 1850 and dedicated to the study and enjoyment of California art.