Mission San Gabriel Arcángel

1883

Henry Chapman Ford

Associated Names
Henry Chapman Ford

Artist, American, 1828 - 1894

The image depicts a landscape with a historic mission building. The horizon is in the background, with the mission aligned along it. The architecture features arches and a bell. A tall palm tree is to the right of the building. The sky has wispy clouds with fine brushstrokes. The color palette is primarily sepia. Foliage and shrubs are in the foreground. Faint outlines of mountain ranges can be seen in the distance.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching in black on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Gift of Alice F. Williams)

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.46 × 32.54 cm (6 7/8 × 12 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 32.54 × 44.61 cm (12 13/16 × 17 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.935

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Ford 1961, no. 5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Alice F. Williams, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1958; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1961

  • Ford, Henry Chapman. Etchings of California. California: Edward Selden Spaulding, 1961, no. 5.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: H.C. Ford '83.; lower right in plate: San Gabriel; lower right in graphite: Henry Chapman Ford

Wikidata ID

Q77013097

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