A Mexican Family Group, Mission San Juan Capistrano, California

1880

Isaiah West Taber

Associated Names
Isaiah West Taber

Artist, American, 1830 - 1912

A group of ten people, including men, women, and children, are in front of a rustic adobe house with a shingle roof. The adults are dressed in early 1900s attire, with long skirts and blouses for the women and suits or vests for the men. The children are dressed simply, with some wearing hats. One woman with braids is seated on a wooden bench, and a man in a suit and hat stands behind two seated women. Some children are seated on the ground. Several women wear necklaces. The background shows an open field with sparse vegetation, a few structures, and a cloudy sky.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    albumen silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of the UBS Art Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 18.5 × 24.4 cm (7 5/16 × 9 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 19 × 24.4 cm (7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.30.143


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(William L. Schaeffer / Photographs, Chester, CT); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 10 November 1999; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

signed by artist, bottom right below image in negative: Taber Photo., San Francisco; bottom left: 2941 A Mexican family group. Mission San Juan Capistrano.; on verso, by unknown hand, center right in graphite: 33; bottom right: PW7248


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