Charles Jacob Hittell (California 1861-1938), Oil on Artist Board “Monterey Bay” July 18th 1878, depicting a gentleman on horseback and woman standing at his side, with homesteads in the landscape and a panorama view of water inlet with clipper ships in the distance, pencil signed on verso, Monterey Bay July 1878 C. Hittell Pinxit, in period molded gilt frame.
Site: 7 ½ in. x 10 ½ in. Overall: 10 ½ in. x 13 ½ in.

Hittell, a native Californian was born in San Francisco in 1861. He studied at the University of California at Berkeley and attended the School of Design in San Francisco, traveled to Munich to study at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts and continued to the Academie Julian in Paris, France where he was considered a colorful character and earned the nickname of Carlos who traveled the city in cowboy outfits of spurs, chaps and a ten gallon hat that was given to him by Buffalo Bill.