California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Drawing of Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1884

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Drawing of Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1884

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Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

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Photograph of a drawing of Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1884. The three-story mission church features two Moorish-style towers with domes flanking an arched gable. Parts of the wall enclosing the courtyard appear in disrepair. Some of the walls have cracks in them. Two bulls are lounging or grazing in the area in front of the mission. Hills and trees are visible in the distance.; "Henry C. Ford was best known for his paintings of the entire chain of twenty-one California missions. He was born in Livonia, New York in 1828, but he pursued his studies in Paris and Florence during the late 1850's. He was a Civil War illustrator and veteran, and as soon as he was discharged from service, he settled in Chicago, Illinois. In Chicago, Ford became an accomplished landscapist, and was one of the founders of the Chicago Academy of Design in 1873. The studio that Ford kept in Chicago burned down in 1871. Due to his failing health, Ford moved to a milder climate, settling in Santa Barbara, California. In the summers of 1880 and 1881, he traveled by horse and buggy to each mission site south of Santa Barbara. On the mission grounds, Ford made pencil drawings and painted sketches. He was the first artist to make a set of mission images in two media, oil and etching. He went to New York to turn his renditions into etchings, which were inexpensive and could be easily duplicated. In 1893, he exhibited his mission etchings at the Chicago World's Fair. Later in his life, Ford taught and continued to paint from his Santa Barbara home. He died in 1894, leaving behind the important historical contribution of his California mission paintings." -- unknown author.; "The stone church at Carmel is different from all others in the chain, in that the walls taper inward forming a catenary arch, rather than the usual flat ceiling. On the exterior, the unique bell tower, with its outside stairway, shows definite Moorish influence. The great church was four years in the building, being dedicated in 1797. The Carmel Mission was Father Serra's (founder) favorite, and he lies buried under the altar in his beautiful church, the second founded in the California chain. On its splendid site at the mouth of the Carmel Valley and overlooking the sea, the old mission has survived years of neglect and is now one of the outstanding historic landmarks in California. Much of the stateliness of its early days has been recaptured in the careful restoration of the buildings, while the beauty of its gardens is unsurpassed. The Moorish influence in the architecture of the church is unique." -- unknown author.

Asset Metadata

Title Drawing of Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) by Henry Chapman Ford, ca.1884

Subject Carmel Mission (subject), Mission Carmel -- San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (file heading), Missions -- Mission Carmel (San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo) (file heading), Missions, Spanish (lcsh), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), Monterey (city or populated place), Monterey (counties), USA (countries)

Temporal Subject 1884

Type images

Format 2 photographs : glass photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), glass plate negatives (format), photographic prints (aat), photographs (aat)

Source California Historical Society (contributing entity), California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960 (collection), Title Insurance and Trust, and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection, 1860-1960 (subcollection)

Date Created 1884

Creator Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (artist), Pierce, C.C. (Charles C.), 1861-1946 (photographer)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email specol@lib.usc.edu

Repository Name USC Libraries Special Collections

Repository Location Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189

Rights Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

Copyright Public Domain. Please credit both “University of Southern California. Libraries” and “California Historical Society” as the source. Digitally reproduced by the USC Digital Library.

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Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m17477

Identifier 5748 (accession number), CHS-5748 (call number), CHS-5748 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-17470 (legacy record id), chs-m17477 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14075 (legacy record id), 1-127-28 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 17470

Unique identifier UC142484

Legacy Identifier CHS-5748.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 17.0 in × 13.7 in at 300dpi
43.1 cm × 34.9 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Title Insurance and Trust and C.C. Pierce Photography Collection 1860-1960

Date Created 1860/1960