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Title
Painted portrait depicting Juan Bautista de Anza, founder of San Francisco, 1774
Creator
Orsi, F
Date Created and/or Issued
1774
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
California Historical Society
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Rights Information
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
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Description
Photograph of a painted portrait by Fray Orsi depicting Juan Bautista de Anza, founder of San Francisco, 1774. De Anza is mounted on a dark-colored horse and is facing to the left. He is wearing a cavalry uniform with a cape, tall boots, a saber, and a plumed hat. He has a thick beard and mustache. His horse is standing in ankle-high grass near the edge of a cliff overlooking a bay. De Anza was born in Mexico in about 1728 and died in Mexico on December 19, 1788.
Type
image
Format
3 photographs : photonegatives, photoprint, b&w
13 x 10 cm., 26 x 21 cm.
negatives (photographic)
photographic prints
photographs
art
Identifier
chs-m13415
USC-1-1-1-13569 [Legacy record ID]
CHS-11529
http://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m13415
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/CHS-11529.jpg
Subject
Anza, Juan Bautista De
Men
Portraits--Anza, Juan Bautista De
Bays
Time Period
1774
Place
California
USA
Source
1-48-; 1-70-23 [Microfiche number]
11529 [Accession number]
CHS-11529 [Call number]
California Historical Society [Contributing entity]
Relation
California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960
Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960
USC
chs-m265

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