Description
Additional Makers: Publisher - L. Prang & Co.
1 print : chromolithograph ; sheet 22.8 x 28.9 cm. | Print shows an exterior view of the "Old Mission" (Mission San Diego de Alcalá) at San Diego, California, showing the general disrepair of the buildings.
Image Licence
No known restrictions on publication.
Image Credit
Courtesy of the Library of Congress, LC-DIG-pga-14230
Location
Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala, San Diego, California, USA
Country
USA
Tags
Category
Buildings & Architecture
TWW Comment
This print shows the mission in disrepair after years of government and military use. In 1862 ownership was restored to the Catholic church, but restoration of the buildings was slow to progress. Works began under Father Anthony Ubach in the 1880s but stalled after his death in 1907, before beginning again in 1931.