6916B

Portal

Artist: José Antonio Ramírez (attr.)
Title: Portal
Date: 1815-1820
Medium: Masonry
Location: Old Mission Church, Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Photo Source: 1876 albumen silver print by Carleton Watkins held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art / Wikipedia
Correspondence Credit: Neuerburg 1985, 277.
Note 1: Due to the 1925 earthquake and later damage to the church's foundation, the façade and the towers of the church were demolished and rebuilt to duplicate their original form between 1950 and 1953. Our picture is prior to the 1925 earthquake.
Note 2: As of 1985, Mission Santa Barbara owned a copy of the 1787 translation of Vitruvius cited in 6916A (see Neuerburg 1985, 277).
Item: 6916B