Edward Vischer

Edward Vischer (1809–1878) was a German-born painter and photographer who migrated from Germany to Mexico at the age of nineteen. There, he worked with the commercial house of Heinrich Virmond. In 1842, he became interested in California and agreed to travel there for Virmond.

Vischer is best known for his pencil sketches of California landscapes throughout the 1860s and 1870s. He sketched a wide variety of scenes and objects, but most commonly the California missions, trees, mountains, and rural scenes.

Published works

A partial list of Vischer's works include:
* "Drawings of the California Missions" (1861-1878).
* "Panorama of the Washoe Region from the Summit of Mount Davidson" (1861).
* "Views of California: The Mammoth Tree Grove, Calaveras County, California, and Its Avenues" (1862).

References

* [http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/col/vdp/ Edward Vischer Drawings, Photographs and Other Material]