Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Choris, Ludwig (1795-1828), Russian, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
[Dance of native Californians at San Francisco de Assis Mission, California]
Date:
[1816]
Materials:
painting on paper: watercolor and pencil
Dimensions:
17.7 x 29.4 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1312--FR
Subject:
- Buildings
- California, Northern
- Churches
- Expeditions & surveys
- Indians of North America
- Missions
- San Francisco (Calif.)
- Voyages to
the Pacific
- Paintings
- Travel sketches
- Watercolors
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Group of Indians holding spears and wearing native dress dance in front of large gathering in yard before Mission Dolores; church façade and other buildings in background.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Handwritten title (LC, on mount): Danse des Californiens. Date based on Otto von Kotzebue Expedition visit to California in 1816. Inscriptions in French.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf1w1007d 8

[Dance of native Californians at San Francisco de Assis Mission, California]