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Sanchez Adobe by A. Chase,1865
1865 San Pedro Mission Outpost by A. Chase
Sanchez Adobe by A. Chase1865
Sanchez Adobe by A. Chase1865
Title Sanchez Adobe by A. Chase,1865
Object Name Painting
Description Sanchez Adobe by A. Chase,1865. Watercolor painting on paper of Sanchez Adobe mounted onto ecru-colored mat board under glass inside a black painted wooden frame with a gold-colored inner border. Image depicts the two-story Sanchez Adobe (established 1785 in Pacifica, CA) when it had an extension out the left side. Two story building has railing at both levels in front and rectangular windows on both floors. Building is nestled next to a hillside and foreground is filled with rows of crops, grazing cattle and figures waling on a path leading to the house. There is a wooden building behind the outpost with a wooden fence between the two.
Date 1865
Catalog Number 0001.348
Collection 3D - Art
Creator Chase, A.
Role Artist
Inscription Text "A. Chase / 1865" (artist's signature bottom right front corner); "White Marzá / 221 & 27 / ..." (handwritten faded text on back of painting itself along one side edge)
Dimensions H-15.75 W-23.125 D-1.25 inches
Dimension Details frame; 9.75 x 17.625 (image)
Medium Watercolor Paint
Search Terms Mission Outpost
Chase, A.
San Pedro Mission Outpost
Sanchez Adobe
Pacifica
Spanish - California
Paintings
Subjects Missions
Adobe buildings
California history
Mission outposts
Watercolors
Paintings
People Chase, A.
Credit line Courtesy of Russell Sievers