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The image shows a baptismal font with a mosaic pattern and a domed cover with a cross on top. The color palette includes pastel tones and earth tones. The font is embellished with floral and vine patterns, and has an inscription that reads "SAN LUIS REY" around the middle section.
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The image shows a baptismal font with a mosaic pattern and a domed cover with a cross on top. The color palette includes pastel tones and earth tones. The font is embellished with floral and vine patterns, and has an inscription that reads "SAN LUIS REY" around the middle section.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Baptismal Font at San Luis Rey Mission Church

Howard H. Sherman

Date
1936
Medium
watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.5 x 26.7 cm (14 x 10 1/2 in.) Original IAD Object: Scale: 3"-1'
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.6880
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • California
  • American
  • Spanish Southwest
Inscription

lower left in watercolor: HOWARD H.SHERMAN '36; lower right: Scale 2"-1'

NGA object ID 19080. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.