Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Gibson, G. [George?] (active ca. 1849-ca. 1853), British, artist
(attributed to)
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
Church and convent de la Merced, Valparaiso 1849 [Chile]
Date:
1849
Materials:
painting on paper: watercolor
Dimensions:
14.5 x 19.8 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0690--A
Subject:
- Chile
- Churches
- Dwellings
- Settlements
- South America
- Cityscapes
- Travel sketches
- Watercolors
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Church and convent façade with date (of establishment?), 1776, above door flanked by two medallions with coats of arms. One story building with shuttered windows, tile roof, and pyramidal spire above short tower of entrance. Figure of padre in black vestments on street; broad green mountains in distance.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Handwritten title (on verso). Handwritten (on verso) (modern): by G. Gibson.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf4q2nb69 5

Church and convent de la Merced, Valparaiso 1849 [Chile]