Search our Site


Mt. Diablo by William Seltzer Rice

Mt. Diablo by William Seltzer Rice

Mt. Diablo

William Seltzer Rice

Title

Mt. Diablo

 
Artist

William Seltzer Rice

  1873 - 1963 (biography)
Year
c. 1914  
Technique
watercolor 
Image Size
9 5/8 x 12 3/4" image & paper 
Signature
signed, lower right 
Edition Size
1 of 1 unique 
Annotations
titled in another's hand on verso 
Reference
W-K8 
Paper
watercolor board 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
RRT741 
Price
SOLD
Description

Contra Costa County is located in northern California. It is bounded on the south and west by Alameda County; on the northwest San Francisco Bay (San Francisco and Marin Counties); on the North by San Pablo Bay, the Carquinez Strait, and Suisun Bay (Solano and Sacramento Counties); and on the east by the San Joaquin River (San Joaquin County).

Mount Diablo can be seen from most of northern California cities. It is an isolated peak of 3,864 feet (1,178 m), and it appears from many angles to be a double pyramids that include many subsidiary peaks. The peak is the centerpeice of Mount Diablo State Park, a park of about 20,000 acres.

Rice taught in nearby Oakland and made frequent painting trips throughout the county.