Art of the old world in New Spain and The mission days of Alta California (1922)
Holway, Mary Gordon, d. 1922 · San Francisco : A.M. Robertson · leaf 242
the above carving. This figure,lacking in color as though exposed to the elementsfor a long time, was placed probably in the vacantniche on the outside south wall. The carving isexceedingly crude, the arms being merely suggestedand hands and toes the only parts carved. A gloryenvelops the entire… … Portrait taken from a painting made over a year after his death. Fanciful portrait of Father Serra; until recently supposed to be genuine. DECORATIVE ECCLESIASTICAL EQUIPMENT 165 from Spain, one of the finest (brought in 1770) isof the Virgin, possibly, from the winged heads ofcherubs at her feet,…
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