California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

The painting "Christmas Bells" by E.H. Blashfield, depicting angels tending to bells, [s.d.]

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The painting "Christmas Bells" by E.H. Blashfield, depicting angels tending to bells, [s.d.]

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Photograph of the painting "Christmas Bells" by E.H. Blashfield, depicting angels tending to a set of bells, [s.d.]. Three angels float between two large belfry bells while doves and other birds fly towards them. The central angel appears to be lifting the upper bell, his counterpart to the left, tugging at the cord and riding the bell below him. The third angel, at bottom, simply floats, gesturing towards the two bells, enraptured. A gargoyle can be seen in the lower right corner.; Of the original painting, whose dimensions are listed as 12 feet by 16 feet, the picture file card credits A.G. Hopkins as saying, "Exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1891 where it recieved international recognition and also at our World's Fair in Chicago in 1893. Mr. Blashfield still has this pictured and the most countless reproductions give him great pleasure. It is considered on the the great classics of the 19th century".

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Title The painting "Christmas Bells" by E.H. Blashfield, depicting angels tending to bells, [s.d.]

Subject Art (lcsh), Art -- Christian #1 (file heading), religious facilities (adlf)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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 Blashfield, E.H. (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-m18332

Identifier 8716 (accession number), CHS-8716 (call number), CHS-8716 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18300 (legacy record id), chs-m18332 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14104 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18300

Unique identifier UC113938

Legacy Identifier CHS-8716.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 16.0 in × 19.9 in at 300dpi
40.8 cm × 50.7 cm at 300dpi

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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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