Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189 Public Domain. Release under the CC BY Attribution license--http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/--Credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library; From the California Historical Society Collection at the University of Southern California Send requests to address or e-mail given USC Libraries Special Collections specol@usc.edu
Description
Photograph of a portrait painted in 1785 of Father Junipero Serra from the chest up, [s.d.]. He is depicted wearing a Franciscan habit and a large crucifix hangs from a cord around his neck. He is looking slightly to the right, and what appear to be two ash marks are visible on his forehead. Caption at the bottom reads "Retrato del Rev. Padre Fray Junipero Serra Apo[...] de la Alta California, tornado del original que se conserva [...] Convente de la Santa Cruz de Queretaro." The original painting was located at the Santa Cruz Convent, Queretaro, Mexico.
Type
image
Format
2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w 26 x 21 cm., 22 x 17 cm. negatives (photographic) photographic prints photographs art
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