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For sixty-seven years William Alexander Coulter () chronicled the development of maritime activity in the in San Francisco Bay. His prolific career saw.

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William Alexander Coulter ( - ) was active/lived in California / Ireland.

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By Larry Clinton, Sausalito Historical Society

William A. Coulter was considered one of the foremost artists on San Francisco Bay. He was born in 1849 in what is today Northern Ireland, where his father was captain in the Coast Guard.

According to the website for Christopher Queen Galleries, which has an extensive collection of Early California paintings:

“At age 13 Coulter went to sea and learned every detail of the ships on which he sailed. He had a natural gift for drawing and color and during his off-duty hours aboard ship he sketched and painted.

After arriving in San Francisco in 1869, he worked as a sailmaker while continuing to paint in his leisure and by 1874 was regularly exhibiting with the San Francisco Art Association. By 1890 he was living in Sausalito in a house that was just a few feet from the water.”

In 1980, this paper ran a series of sketches by Coulter from the Historical Society collection, along with a plea from SHS founder Jack Tracy, for more infor