Don Bernardo Yorba Portrait Document
ClassificationsPrinted Materials-documents
Date1940-1944
Made AtCalifornia, United States, North America
MediumPaper and ink
Dimensions11 × 8 1/2 in. (27.9 × 21.6 cm)
Credit LineTerry E. Stephenson Collection
Object number6255f
DescriptionThis is a 1940-1944 paper and ink copy of the portrait of Don Bernardo Yorba Rancho, son of Antonio Yorba, a Catalonian soldier with the Portola expedition 1769, was the grantee of Santiago de Santa Ana Rancho, the only Spanish grant in what is now Orange County. Don Bernardo built the first two-story adobe house in what is now Orange County, on his Rancho Canon de Santa Ana, granted to him in 1834 by the government. The home contained 90 rooms and history records that over 1,000 mission-trained Indians were employed. He was one of the wealthiest and most distinguished men of his day.On View
Not on viewCollections
c. 1800
19th Century
c. 1858
c. 1800
1776-1831
c. 1874
c. 1884
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