Painted portrait of George Vancouver, a British navigator, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a painted portrait of George Vancouver, a British navigator, [s.d.]. Vancouver is shown from his torso to his head and is turned slightly to the left. He is wearing a dark suit that blends in with the background, and a lightly-colored shirt. He has white hair or a white wig that is curled near his ears. He was born in 1758 and died near London on May 10, 1798. He served under Cook in his second and third voyages and commanded an expedition to the Pacific, 1781-95. During this trip, he explored the Strait of San Juan de Fuca, the Gulf of Georgia, Vancouver Island, and the coast of California. He left a narrative which was published after his death.

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Title Painted portrait of George Vancouver, a British navigator, [s.d.]

Subject Men (lcsh), Portraits -- V (file heading), Vancouver, George (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place California (states), USA (countries)

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 18 x 13 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), negatives (photographic) (aat), 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)

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-m19748

Identifier 11441 (accession number), CHS-11441 (call number), CHS-11441 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-19573 (legacy record id), chs-m19748 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-13981 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 19573

Unique identifier UC121584

Legacy Identifier CHS-11441.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 13.1 in × 18.7 in at 300dpi
33.4 cm × 47.7 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

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

Description The nearly 15,000 unique photographs of this collection contain the work of C.C. Pierce which cover the Los Angeles region city, street and architectural views, California Missions, Southwestern Native Americans, and turn-of-century Nevada, Arizona, and California. Pierce, active from 1886 to 1940, was one of the leading photographers of his day and amassed a collection of 15,000 images, including his own and those bought and copied from his contemporaries, George Wharton James and Charles Puck. The James collection contains over 2,000 images of portraits, customs, ceremonies, arts, and games of various groups of Southwestern Native Americans.

Date Created 1860/1960

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