Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Alden, James Madison (1834-1922), American, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
At San Pedro Post, [Los Angeles] Cal[iforni]a
Date:
1855
Materials:
drawing on paper: pencil
Dimensions:
21.8 x 36.5 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0232--A
Subject:
- Buildings
- California, Southern
- Expeditions & surveys
- Los Angeles
region (Calif.)
- Military Facilities
- Drawings
- Travel sketches
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Content/Description:
Notes:
Simple, one story buildings grouped at left and right, US flag flying above one of them; animal hides dry in center. Set in flat, treeless terrain with hill in distance.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
Handwritten title (LL). Signature and date (LL, within image): J.M. Alden, 1855. Signature (LR): J.M. Alden. Handwritten (on verso): Alexander & Banning's/at San Pedro, Cal[iforni]a/Oct[obe r] 1855/J.M. Alden, "Ewing". Drawing was probably executed during U.S. Coast Survey by the hydrographic party under the command of Lieutenant Commander James Alden, U.S.N. Assistant.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf096nb2p 2

At San Pedro Post, [Los Angeles] Cal[iforni]a