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Artworks, photographs, a parlor book of drawings, poems and notes, letters, etc. from the Nahl Collection.
The items in the collection include many paintings and other memorabilia.
1. This collection includes a book with the notation “Souvenir du Noel 1844” that originally belonged to Johann Wilhelm Nahl (Cassel, Germany). It was passed through three more generations of Nahls. Wilhelm passed it to his son Perham Nahl in 1879, Perham to his son Malcolm Nahl in 1904, and Malcolm to his daughter Helen Nahl in 1936. The book contains forty incredible illustrations of insects, birds and animals that Wilhelm used as a guide for his paintings.
2. A 3” x 5” oil painting (c. 1850) of a smiling monk by H. W. Arthur Nohl (1833-1889), one of Wilhelm’s students. Arthur Nohl was a German-born artist, daguerreotyper, engraver, portraitist, and landscape painter. He was a painter known for his American Old West paintings of California. He was considered one of California's finest engravers.
3. A 4.5” x 6.5” oil painting of a monk painted by Wilhelm Nahl, noted “painted by Wilhelm Nohl, 11 years old”.
4. An 8” x 10” signed engraving by Perham Wilhelm Nahl (1869-1935), titled “Quake”, that depicts a giant causing the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. He based the engraving on a poster (awarded the prize) he designed to advertise the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 1915. The design was the “Thirteenth Labor of Hercules,” that is, the construction of the Panama Canal. He was known as an etcher, painter, lithographer, illustrator. Born in San Francisco, CA, the son of Hugo Wilhelm Arthur NahI. Perham first studied art with his father and uncle Charles, and later continued at the Mark Hopkins Institute (1899-1906). When the earthquake and fire destroyed most of San Francisco in 1906, he traveled to Europe to study in Paris and in Munich at the Heyman Academy. After returning to California in 1907, he founded and taught at the California College of Arts and Crafts for 20 years.
5. Catalogue of the Nahl Collection, titled, “Original Paintings, by the Old and More Modern Masters” which were exhibited in San Francisco, 1882. It originally belonged to H. W. Nahl, then Perham Nahl, Malcolm Nahl, and finally to Helen Nahl.
6. Program for the University of California Perham Wilhelm Nahl (1869-1935) Memorial Exhibition.
7. Thirteen original watercolors plus four original drawings by Helen M. Nahl. (1924-2007) Included in these are some paintings of landscapes, still lifes, and interiors.
8. Letter to Helen Nahl from California State Congressman, Clarence F. Lea regarding a trip she was planning to the U. S. capitol. It includes two admission cards, one to the U. S. Senate Chamber and the other to the House of Representatives, 1946.
9. A group of letters from Helen Nahl to her parents.
10. V. Russell’s delicate watercolor of butterflies, 1882. The poem on the drawing reads: “There is no death. What seems so is transition. This life of mortal breath is but a suburb of life elysian, whose portal we call Death.” Henry Longfellow.
11. Meyer Straus. Pencil and ink drawing of small sailboat—notation: “Very seriously yours, M. Straus.”
12. C. D. Shed. Sketch of sailboat in Alameda, 1881. Charles Dyer Shed was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1818. He arrived in San Francisco during the Gold Rush in 1849. He worked as a ship chandler and as a scene painter for theatrical producer David Robinson (father of artist Charles Dormon Robinson). He painted many landscapes of northern California as well as marines and the shipping activities on San Francisco Bay. Shed later moved across the bay to Alameda where he maintained a home and studio for many years. He died there on September 12, 1893. Exhibited: Mechanics' Institute Fair, 1857, 1858 (bronze medal), 1860, 1871, 1878-80; California Art Union, 1865; San Francisco Art Ass'n, 1872-83.
13. Charles S. Swasey (1827-1909). Pencil drawing of the Farallones, 1882. Swasey was born in Thomaston, ME on May 24, 1827. Swasey sailed around the Horn to California in 1850. After mining in the Mother Lode area for several months, he established a hotel in Sacramento. Subsequently, he moved to San Francisco where he was an official at the mint and cashier at the Custom House. Primarily a marine painter, Swasey also painted murals in homes and other public places.
14. Charles S. Swasey. Pencil sketch of from the San Francisco Bay looking toward the city, titled City Front from the Ferry, 1882
15. Perham W. Nahl (son of Hugo Nahl). Beautifully detailed drawing of bowl of fruit. Signature reads: Perham W. Nahl. Age 13 years. Alameda, April 2, 1882.
16. Arthur C. Nahl (son of Hugo Nahl). Watercolor, very detailed and colored, of a butterfly. Signature: Arthur C. Nohl, age 9 years. Alameda, April 9th 1882.
17. Hugo Wilhelm Arthur Nahl (1835-1890) was a pioneer in the settlement of California. Very detailed pencil drawing of young woman. Signature: H. W. Arthur Nahl. Alameda, April 2nd 1882. H. W. Arthur Nahl designed the California State seal that was painted by his brother Charles Nahl. Both brothers and their father had reproductions of their paintings in Art of the Gold Rush, published by the Oakland Museum of Art, Crocker Art Museum and the University of California Press.
18. Primary Department Promotion Certificate for Helen Nahl, after completing the Primary department promoted to the Junior Departmentin 1933.
19. Postcard addressed to Mrs.M. Nahl in 1932 by the Parent-Teacher Association about Child Health.
20. Photograph of Helen (Snooky) Nahl.
21. Postcard addressed to Helen Nahl about an exhibit of Charles Christian Nahl’s paintings of the Gold Rush at the Crocker art Gallery in 1976. The painting represented on the card is titled “Sunday Morning in the Mines.
22. Job’s daughters Installation of Officers, 1940
23. Two copies of Job’s Daughters Installation of Officers, 1941 that lists Helen Nahl as a member of the Celestial Choir.
24. Kodacolor print photo of Helen Nahl at the Grand Canyon, 1951.
25. Certificate of Completion for “Astronomy 70” (grade C), College of Marin for Helen M. Nahl, 1952
26. Certificate of Completion for “Indians of the American Continent”, College of Marin for Helen M. Nahl, 1954.
27. Studio photograph of Helen Marylee Nahl at five months of age.
28. Two pages of newspaper articles: Marjorie Nahl, who at the age of 21 was part of the Salon de Automne in Paris. Charles Christioan Nahl, honored in Basil Switzerland by the Congress of the History of Art. Phyllis Nahl, who took the name of Antonia Cobos when she began her study of Spanish dancing for choreography and performing in the Original Ballet Russe.
29. Photograph of Velma Maud Manning at five months of age (Malcolm W. Nahl and Velma M. Manning were married in Mill Valley California in 1928.
30. Sorority certificate of Velma Manning, 1915.
31. Cancelled check to Ross Bros. by Velma M Mahl, 1959.
32. King Solomon’s Hall Masonic Lodge booklet.
33. Photograph of Helen Ruth Manning.
34. Photograph of Velma Maud Manning
35. Cabinet card photo of Mr. and Mrs. Manning (George’s mother and father), 1870
36. Cabinet card photo of G. P. Maurry at 18 months of age.
37. Cabinet card photo of Holly Hammer.
38. Fascinating “Parlor Book” owned by Marie (Minnie) S. Shed, daughter of C. D. and Julia Shed. Works held: Oakland Museum; Santa Cruz City Museum.
The parlor book includes pages of artworks, poems, notes (some in French). Poems by Annie Nahl, Alieta Brittan Shed Marie’s sister), George Swasey (son of Charles Swasey). Lizzie Crocker; note from John Muir; and paintings by Minnie Park (Possibly Minnie Ella Hubbard Parks who was born in New York on June 26, 1871, and studied in San Francisco at the School of Design in 1893 and exhibited with the local art association); flower painintgs by C. H. Williams, 1883; J. Bennet’s drawing of a farmer; a watercolor by K. M. Herbert.
Burger Collection
Date: c. 1865-1880
City: Alameda
State: California
ID: 22035
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