The painting "The Annunciation" depicting the Madonna backed by an angel and cherubim, [s.d.]

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Photograph of the painting "The Annunciation" depicting the Madonna backed by an angel and cherubim, [s.d.]. The Madonna is shown slightly off to the left of center, draped in a hemmed robe. A halo serves as the backdrop for her head. Her fingertips are touched together in prayer while her eyes look down and to the right. Behind her, an androgynous angel stands on a cloud and holds its right hand above its haloed head creating a second halo about which the outlines of cherubs and a dove can be seen. Picture file card reads "Saint Gabriel".

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Title The painting "The Annunciation" depicting the Madonna backed by an angel and cherubim, [s.d.]

Subject Art (lcsh), Art -- Christian #1 (file heading), Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (file heading), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 17 cm. (aacr2), art (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)

Creator Bourguereau, William Adolphe (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.

Access Conditions Send requests to address or e-mail given

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/chs-m18400

Identifier 8703 (accession number), CHS-8703 (call number), CHS-8703 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18358 (legacy record id), chs-m18400 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14086 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14104 (legacy record id), 1-133-90 (microfiche number), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18358

Unique identifier UC113951

Legacy Identifier CHS-8703.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 14.9 in × 19.5 in at 300dpi
38.0 cm × 49.6 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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