Re: Antiques Roadshow Question

Watching the Antiques Roadshow tonight, there was an Alfred Bierstadt painting that the appraiser could not completely identify. It appears to be a composite picture of American and European features with possibly the Alps in the background, but the presenters could not place the foreground. It looks to me like a certain valley in California, looking westward (perhaps trying to see Turlock?). Waddya think?

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/archive/201003A53.html

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The cure for a fallacious argument is a better argument, not the suppression of ideas.
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If that is El Cap then it is definitely a view towards the west. I don't think there is a range of that size between HD and Turlock though.

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Old Dude

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mrcondron
If that is El Cap then it is definitely a view towards the west. I don't think there is a range of that size between HD and Turlock though.

Those peaks were W of Turlock: the Patterson Pinnacles.

Rumor has it that they were destroyed by hydraulic mining and presently reside as landfill around what was once a much larger S.F. Bay:
http://www.ask.com/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay
(See the "Bay Fill and Depth Profile" section.)

All of the people responsible were banished to Nevada as punishment.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/04/2011 07:57AM by szalkowski.

I think the artist just made up his own mountains.

I thought Bierstadt was famous for making places up? Though it looks like there are elements that resemble real life places...





Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/04/2011 06:14AM by bbb.

You can see the Alps from North Dome.

A 156 post thread on feasibility and photographic analysis to follow.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/04/2011 07:06AM by tomdisco.

I wouldn't pay 20 bucks for any of those photos.

Chick-on is wondering if he shoulda charged Len for the signed photo now though.

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bill-e-g
Chick-on is wondering if he shoulda charged Len for the signed photo now though.

We are grateful to Chick-on for the photo.
It is a fine addition to our dartboard and makes playing the game MUCH more fun.
(Pointedly Yours)
The Marmots

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szalkowski

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bill-e-g
Chick-on is wondering if he shoulda charged Len for the signed photo now though.

We are grateful to Chick-on for the photo.
It is a fine addition to our dartboard and makes playing the game MUCH more fun.
(Pointedly Yours)
The Marmots

Here's one took just for you too: (ok, tookie it for The Old Dude for when he gets out of line..
but it's applicable here)

Kiss My Butt,

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Dear Chick-on,

Thanks again!
The picture is precisely what we need to practice for the Pin-The-Tail-On-The-Chickey 100-meter Crossbow Competition at the upcoming 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

(SeeYouInLondonTowny Yours)
The Marmots