California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Detail of a painting by Monkascy, depicting Christ's crucifixion, [s.d.]

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Detail of a painting by Monkascy, depicting Christ's crucifixion, [s.d.]

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Photograph of detail of a painting by Monkascy, depicting Christ's crucifixion, [s.d.]. There are three men being crucified in the painting, all of them bearded and shirtless, clothed only in a cloth around their waists. Jesus is at the right of the picture, and three women are kneeling at the base of his cross, crying, while a man looks on. Behind the woman on the left is a turbaned man holding a hatchet and a ladder, and behind him is a large crowd. In the right foreground is a soldier in a chest plate and holding a spear, while in the center foreground is a surprised man wearing a turban and looking up at Christ. At the left of the painting are several mounted men, including soldiers, as well as two bearded, turbaned men conversing as they walk away from the crucifixion. Compares to CHS-9633 which shows a cropped version of the image.

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Title Detail of a painting by Monkascy, depicting Christ's crucifixion, [s.d.]

Subject Art -- Christian #3 (file heading), Deserts (adlf), Jesus Christ (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

Format 1 photograph : photonegative, b&w ; 21 x 26 cm. (aacr2), art (aat), negatives (photographic) (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 Monkascy , Michael (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-m18436

Identifier 9635 (accession number), CHS-9635 (call number), CHS-9635 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18384 (legacy record id), chs-m18436 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14104 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18384

Unique identifier UC114003

Legacy Identifier CHS-9635.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 20.3 in × 15.9 in at 300dpi
51.7 cm × 40.5 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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