Search our Site
19th, 20th & 21st Century Fine Prints
707-546-7352 · fax 707-546-7924 · web: www.annexgalleries.com · email: artannex@aol.com
Mission San Carlos de Monterey (Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo) by Beatrice Ruth Willard
Mission San Carlos de Monterey (Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo)
Beatrice Ruth Willard
Title
Mission San Carlos de Monterey (Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmelo)
Artist
Beatrice Ruth Willard
1908 - 1992 (biography)Year
1921
Technique
etching
Image Size
6 x 7 15/16" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
numbered "#4" in lower left-center margin
Annotations
pencil titled, lower left; pencil editioned
Reference
Paper
soft cream laid
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
24512
Price
$90.00
Description
Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Rio Carmel is a Catholic mission located on the Monterey Peninsula, along the central California coast. Beatrice Ruth Willard depicts a figure resting against the near the mission chapel's gate. The second mission to be built in Spanish-occupied Alta California, it was the favored mission of Sanish priest Junipero Serra, and is where the controversial Franciscan missionary is interred.