April 17, 2024
Original California Mission Watercolor NR
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Original, watercolor on paper of the Mission at Carmel, CaliforniaSigned by the artist “Tina 1978” Framed size is 19.5 x 16.5 Image size 10.5 x 13.5 The mission, first established on June 3, 1770, in nearby Monterey , (near the native village of Tamo ), was named for Charles Borromeo , Archbishop of Milan, Italy . It was the site of the first Christian confirmation in Alta California. In May, 1771, the viceroy approved Serra's petition to relocate the mission to its current location near the present-day town of Carmel-by-the-Sea. [15] Serra's goal was to put some distance between the mission's neophytes and the Presidio of Monterey , (the headquarters of Pedro Fages , who served as military governor of Alta California between 1770 and 1774, with whom Serra was engaged in a heated power struggle). [16] The original site continued to operate as the "Royal Presidio Chapel" and later became the Cathedral of San Carlos Borromeo . "Mission Carmel" (as it came to be known) was Serra's favorite and, being close to Monterey (the capital of Alta California ), served as his headquarters. When he died on August 28, 1784, he was interred beneath the chapel floor. The Esselen and Ohlone Indians who lived near the mission were taken in and trained as plowmen, shepherds, cattle herders, blacksmiths, and carpenters. They made adobe bricks, roof
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