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The march of Gaspar de Portola is here recreated by the artist, W. Francis, to show the Spanish pathfinders approaching San Francisco Bay

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Title: The march of Gaspar de Portola is here recreated by the artist, W. Francis, to show the Spanish pathfinders approaching San Francisco Bay
Contributor: Francis, Walter W., 1846-
Date Created and/or Issued: 1909
Contributing Institution: California State Library
Collection: California History Section Picture Catalog
Rights Information: Please contact the contributing institution for more information regarding the copyright status of this object.
Description: 2016-2718.
Shows Portola on lead horse wearing plumed hat. A retinue of solders, including one friar, follow Portola through grassy knoll. Mountains rise at left, ocean horizon visible at right. Attached text on verso, "The march of Gaspar de Portola is here recreated by the artist, W. Francis, to show the Spanish pathfinders approaching San Francisco Bay."
Dennis Kruska;
Type: image
Format: Unmediated
Sheet
Pictorial works.
Nonprojected graphic
Extent: 1 photograph : print ; 5 x 4 1/2 in.
Identifier: (C)001579226CSL01-Aleph
Language: English
Subject: Portolá, Gaspar de--Pictorial works
Portolà Expedition, (1769-1770)--Pictorial works
Discovery & exploration--Spanish--California
America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)--Pictorial works
Photographic prints
Art reproductions
Place: California
America
San Francisco Bay (Calif.)

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