Franz A. Bischoff
(1864-1929)
"Santa Rosa Island [at] San Pedro Harbor"
Oil on canvas laid to board
Signed lower right: Franz A. Bischoff; titled verso
15" H x 20" W
Provenance: Trotter Galleries, Carmel, CA

The Schooner "Santa Rosa Island," 1903-1915

Some confusion has existed as to the schooners "Santa Rosa" and the "Santa Rosa Island." They were two different vessels. A. P. More's sailing schooner "Santa Rosa" was wrecked in San Miguel Island's Cuyler Harbor in November 1899. Vail & Vickers contracted construction of the 87-foot, gasoline schooner "Santa Rosa Island" in Wilmington, California in 1903. Vail & Vickers put her to work hauling sheep off the island by July of 1903.

After the ranch owners obtained the "Vaquero," three of Walter Vail's sons-N. R., Ed, and Banning took the "Santa Rosa Island" on a four-month voyage to Mexico in 1915, leaving San Pedro for Cabo San Lucas, the Gulf of California, and Mazatlan. They and their friends, with a hired captain and cook, spent their time "fishing, hunting, trading with the locals of coastal fishing villages, and socializing with Mazatlan's upper society of the day." The boat was sold shortly after the trip to Mexico and entered service in the South Pacific.

-National Park Service

Visual: Overall good condition. With the conservation work-order label affixed, verso.

Blacklight: A 1" H x 1.5" W spot of touch-up at the middle of the upper edge.

Frame: 22.75" H x 27.5" W x 2" D Condition reports are offered as a courtesy and are typically published in Moran's catalogue or can be made available upon request. The absence of a condition report does not imply that an item is free from defects or restoration, nor does a reference to particular defects imply the absence of others. Buyers are responsible for determining to their own satisfaction the true nature and condition of any lot prior to bidding. Though buyers are not legally required to inspect lots prior to purchase, failure to do so may constitute a waiver of complaint that an item was not delivered in a condition equal to the existent condition at the auction.