Title:
[Dance of native Californians at San Francisco de Assis Mission, California]
Creator/Contributor:
Choris, Ludwig (1795-1828), Russian, artist (artist)
Date:
[1816]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1312--FR
Format:
painting on paper: watercolor and pencil
17.7 x 29.4 cm.
Content/Description:
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.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC, on mount): Danse des Californiens. Date based on Otto von Kotzebue Expedition visit to California in
1816. Inscriptions in French.
Subjects:
Buildings;
California, Northern;
Churches;
Expeditions & surveys;
Indians of North America;
Missions;
San Francisco (Calif.);
Voyages to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Paintings;
Travel sketches;
Watercolors