California Historical Society Collection, 1860-1960

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

Painting (lithograph)by Peter R. Woltze, which depicts two views of the shrine for the worship of Methras, god of light, [s.d.]

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Painting (lithograph)by Peter R. Woltze, which depicts two views of the shrine for the worship of Methras, god of light, [s.d.]

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Photograph of a painting (lithograph)by Peter R. Woltze, which depicts two views of the shrine for the worship of Methras, god of light, [s.d.]. The small brick hut of the shrine is pictured from a distance in the top image, a small well pictured in the foreground, surrounded by wooden rails. Latin text beneath it reads: "Mithraeum Cum Fonte Perenni". The top image is decorated outside its frame to either side by watercolor paintings of statuary and artifacts. The lower image shows a more detailed shot, with the interior of the shrine visible. An altar is shown at the back of the shack, flanked to either side by a statue. Long platforms lead away from them to the front of the shrine, where they terminate in descending steps. A urn is pictured next to the left set of steps. A cobbled walkway is pictured in front of the shrine, with trees pictured in the background. The text under the image reads: "Mithraei Par Interior". Woltze wrote "Frankfurt" below his name in the lower right corner.

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Title Painting (lithograph)by Peter R. Woltze, which depicts two views of the shrine for the worship of Methras, god of light, [s.d.]

Subject Art (lcsh), Art -- Roman (file heading), monuments (adlf), Woltze, Peter R. (subject)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Type images

Format 2 photographs : photonegative, photoprint, b&w ; 26 x 21 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)

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

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-m18009

Identifier 7774 (accession number), CHS-7774 (call number), CHS-7774 (filename), chs-m265 (legacy collection record id), chs-c65-18042 (legacy record id), chs-m18009 (legacy record id), USC-1-1-1-14104 (legacy record id), USC (project)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 18042

Unique identifier UC113673

Legacy Identifier CHS-7774.tiff

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 12.9 in × 16.7 in at 300dpi
32.7 cm × 42.5 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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