LOUIS KINNEY HARLOW (1850-1913) OLD MISSIONS / OF CALIFORNIA. 1896.
14x20 1/2 inches, 35 1/2x52 cm. L. Prang & Co., Boston.
Condition A-: tear at upper edge into image; minor creases in margins and image; punch holes in top margin. Matted. Printed on thick paper.
"'The Old Missions of California' are a series of twelve pictures painted by the noted artist Louis K. Harlow, these views being facsimile reproductions of Harlow's watercolor paintings. Mr. Harlow was commissioned by L. Prang & Co. to visit California for the special purpose of obtaining correct views of those old missions which are objects of great interest, being, as they are quaint reminders of a past age" (The American Stationer, January 30, 1896, p. 186). Prang also sold the images individually, advertising them for one dollar apiece (ibid). rare.