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Title
Santa Barbara Mission, showing the main church altar, Santa Barbara, 1898
Contributor
Thresher, G. P. (George P.)
Date Created and/or Issued
1898
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Pierce (C.C.) Photographic Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Interior view of the mission church towards wooden pews, the wooden altar rail with balusters, two large paintings on the right wall and one painting, a statue of Jesus Christ and a window on the left wall, and the altar with a tabernacle and candleholders. Behind the altar on the altarpiece are five statues in niches separated by colonnettes with trompe-l'oeil marble decoration. A garland and fret decoration are painted in trompe-l'oeil technique along the top of the wall.
Type
image
Identifier
uclamss_1756_0474_b0221
ark:/21198/zz002b15x2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Altarpieces--California--Santa Barbara
Altars--California--Santa Barbara
Historic buildings--California--Santa Barbara
Missions--California--Santa Barbara
Religion
Landmarks
Culture
Santa Barbara Mission
Source
C.C. Pierce Photographic Collection, circa 1898-1934

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