ISAAC FIRST VISITED
LAGUNA BEACH IN 1878.
nFirst artist to sketch a picture of Laguna.
nLater painted this picture from the sketch.
nPainting and sketch donated to Bowers Museum in Santa Ana.
J.S. Thurston in Laguna Beach of Early Days, 1947: ÒThere has been some question as to who was the
first artist to come here. This question has been determined because it was
our highly respected and well beloved
Isaac J. Frazee, who came here and
made a sketch in 1878.Ó
This painting depicts the
tents that made up the small encampment of Laguna among the Eucalyptus
trees planted as part of the Timber Act.
It was painted from the sketch
Isaac made in 1878.