Lot 1: J.H. CASSELL (ACTIVE CIRCA 1860) The Dockyard at Fare Ute Point, Tahiti, with

J.H. CASSELL (ACTIVE CIRCA 1860)
The Dockyard at Fare Ute Point, Tahiti, with
the H.B.M. Frigate Calypso
inscribed, signed and dated ‘THE
DOCKYARD & PATENT SLIP/ FAREUTE
POINT TAHITI Showing/ H.B.M. FRIGATE
CALYPSO Captn/ Montresor, hove down
1860’ and ‘J.H. CASSELL 1860’ (lower center)
watercolor and ink on paper 15 7/8 x 28 3/4 in. (40 x 73 cm.)

PROVENANCE:
with John Howell, San Francisco, where
acquired by the Ford Foundation in
November 1966.