Mission San Diego

1892

Ellen Day Hale

Associated Names
Ellen Day Hale

Artist, American, 1855 - 1940

The image contains a drawing featuring two large trees on either side, and an old mission-style building with curved gables in the distance on a low hill. The horizon is implied just below the structure. The ink work appears light and sketchy with delicate, expressive brushstrokes adding texture to the foliage of the trees and rough terrain. The color palette is monochrome sepia-toned with variations in intensity conveying depth and detail.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 11.2 × 14.5 cm (4 7/16 × 5 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 27.9 × 32.2 cm (11 × 12 11/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2022.111.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ellen Day Hale (her estate stamp, not in Lugt). (James A. Bergquist, Newton Centre, MA); purchased by NGA, 2022.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in image: E.D. Hale / San Diego; lower right below plate in graphite: Ellen Day Hale; by later hand(?), lower right in graphite: (old exhibition # 56); by later hand(?), upper left verso in graphite: Mission of San Diego, by Ellen Day Hale

Markings

Hale's estate stamp (not in Lugt)

Watermarks

None.

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