Jose De La Rosa with a Guitar

Image

Jose De La Rosa with a Guitar

Title

Jose De La Rosa with a Guitar

Identifier

1080

Description

Seated portrait of Jose De La Rosa posing with a guitar. Handwritten on the image it says "Jose de La Rosa on arrival in California." He is seen here as a young man wearing plaid pants, white shirt and striped vest. He is looking to the viewer's right.

Museum records indicate that he was the first printer in California and died in Ventura at the age of nearly 102.

Creator

Unknown

Date

1836

Format

Portrait, Full Seated
Salted Paper Print
16 x 12 cm
Sepia photograph

Subject

Printers
Rosa, Jose de la
Men--California--Portraits

Coverage

California
Ventura County (Calif.)
Ventura (Calif.)

Publisher

Museum of Ventura County

Rights

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Type

Image

Language

English

Collection

Citation

Unknown , “Jose De La Rosa with a Guitar,” Research Library at The Museum of Ventura County, accessed November 21, 2024, https://photographs.venturamuseum.org/items/show/137.