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The architectural history of Mission San Carlos Borromeo, California / By Frances Rand Smith (1921)

Smith, Frances Rand · Berkeley, Calif. : California Historical Survey Commission · leaf 35

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y Forbes in his History of California in 1839. It gives a much more comprehensive idea of the mission than does the Sykes sketch and if not followed with too slavish attention to detail may be taken as very satisfactory. Several buildings are to be seen upon the hill to the right of the mission… … Plate 4. S an Carlos Mission, 1830. From Laplace. Fortunately the artist in this case chose a point of observation not usually taken and has there- fore preserved for us a view of the mission from the hill to the rear of the mission grounds. It shows the enclosed court and indicates that the…

Mission San Carlos Borromeo (Carmel, Calif.) · Missions, Spanish · Church architecture

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