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[Mission San Luis Rey de Espana]

Courtesy of Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley | Public Domain

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Date

1880

Artist

Henry Chapman Ford (1828-1894)

Collection

The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Image Link

https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt700005d5/

Description

Captain of the Royal Navy. Served on the H.M.S. Blossom which came to California (San Francisco and Monterey) in 1826-1827. Sketched with fellow officer Richard Beechey.
Landscape with three men in the foreground; buildings of the Presido and Pueblo at center. Painted during a voyage to the Pacific (1825-1828) on the H.M.S. Blossom under Captain Frederick William Beechy.
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Image Licence

Public Domain

Image Credit

Courtesy of Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location

Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, Oceanside, California, USA

Country

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Buildings
Religious Buildings

Category

Buildings & Architecture

TWW Comment

The current church, built in 1815, is the third church to built on this location. Its full name is La Misión de San Luis, Rey de Francia (The Mission of Saint Louis, King of France).

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