[Sketches of Chinese immigrants in San Francisco, California].

[San Francisco, California], [circa 1853-1864]

10 drawings on 5 sheets : pencil and pen and wash ; sheets 18 x 43 cm and smaller

Purchased from William Reese Co. (Swann sale, 2012 October 2, lot 138) on the Frederick W. and Carrie S. Beinecke Fund for Western Americana, 2012.

This material is open for research.

John Baptist Beutler (1824-1874) of Freiburg, Germany, was a singer, musician, and caricaturist. Beutler lived in San Franciso, California, from 1853 to 1854 and again from circa 1861 to 1874 (spending the years between in New York).

Drawings, unsigned, attributed to John Baptist Beutler of unidentified Chinese or Chinese-American men and women in Chinatown in San Francisco, California, circa 1853-1864. Depicted are groups around gaming tables, as well as individual musicians.

February 15, 2021

John Baptist Beutler, Sketches of Chinese Immigrants in San Francisco, California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.

John Baptist Beutler, Sketches of Chinese Immigrants in San Francisco, California. Yale Collection of Western Americana, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library.