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 drawing by Luis Choris depicting men on horseback at the presidio in San Francisco, October 1816. In the foreground, a conquistador on horseback with a spear rides behind a marching group of men on foot, while a second rider in the left distance urges men on foot in a similar fashion. Several unsaddled horses stand at center, while a third rider makes his way toward them. Still more wild horses are visible in the right distance. In the center distance, the quadrilateral enclosure of the presidio is visible alongside a winding road. Picture file card reads "Choris was a painter attached to the Kotzebue exploring expedition sent out from Russia in the ship 'Rurick'. The drawing shows the barracks and storeroom of the presidio (These have disappeared except from a portion of the southern side, now used as officers club)".
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : photoprint, b&w 21 x 26 cm. photographic prints photographs art
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