Onate's Inscription

Artist Edward S. Curtis 1868 Whitewater, Wisconsin - 1952 Los Angeles, California

Date1925

Mediumphotogravure

Dimensionsimage: 5 11/16 × 7 1/4 in. (14.4 × 18.4 cm)
sheet: 9 3/8 × 12 3/8 in. (23.8 × 31.4 cm)

ClassificationsPrints & Printmaking

Credit LineAlbuquerque Museum, museum purchase, Museum of Albuquerque Association

Object numberPC1975.9.125

DescriptionA photogravure depicting petroglyphs and an inscription in stone by conquistador Juan de Oñate at El Morro National Monument, which reads "Pasó por aqui, el adelantado Don Juan de Oñate del descubrimiento de la mar del sur a 16 de Abril de 1605. (The adelantado Don Juan de Oñate passed through here after the expedition to discover the South Sea on April 16, 1605.)"

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