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A group of ten people, including men, women, and children, are in front of a rustic adobe house with a shingle roof. The adults are dressed in early 1900s attire, with long skirts and blouses for the women and suits or vests for the men. The children are dressed simply, with some wearing hats. One woman with braids is seated on a wooden bench, and a man in a suit and hat stands behind two seated women. Some children are seated on the ground. Several women wear necklaces. The background shows an open field with sparse vegetation, a few structures, and a cloudy sky.
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A group of ten people, including men, women, and children, are in front of a rustic adobe house with a shingle roof. The adults are dressed in early 1900s attire, with long skirts and blouses for the women and suits or vests for the men. The children are dressed simply, with some wearing hats. One woman with braids is seated on a wooden bench, and a man in a suit and hat stands behind two seated women. Some children are seated on the ground. Several women wear necklaces. The background shows an open field with sparse vegetation, a few structures, and a cloudy sky.

National Gallery of Art · Photograph

A Mexican Family Group, Mission San Juan Capistrano, California

Isaiah West Taber

Date
1880
Medium
albumen silver print
Dimensions
image: 18.5 × 24.4 cm (7 5/16 × 9 5/8 in.) sheet: 19 × 24.4 cm (7 1/2 × 9 5/8 in.)
Classification
Photograph
Accession number
2023.30.143
Credit line
Gift of the UBS Art Collection
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CPH
Original NGA record

Subjects and terms

  • portrait
  • American
  • albumen silver print
  • California
  • Family
  • Nature
  • Environment
Provenance

(William L. Schaeffer / Photographs, Chester, CT); Paine Webber & Co., New York, 10 November 1999; UBS, New York, 2000; gift to NGA, 2023.

Inscription

signed by artist, bottom right below image in negative: Taber Photo., San Francisco; bottom left: 2941 A Mexican family group. Mission San Juan Capistrano.; on verso, by unknown hand, center right in graphite: 33; bottom right: PW7248

NGA object ID 226895. 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.