Painting of Luis and Maria Petra Quintero, 1781 founders of Los Angeles, of African descent

Item Overview

Title

Painting of Luis and Maria Petra Quintero, 1781 founders of Los Angeles, of African descent

Alternative title

Luis and Maria Petra Quintero, founders of Los Angeles, of African descent.

Date Created

[circa 1930-1989]

Date

1930/1989

Collection

Miriam Matthews Photograph Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Notes

Description

Painting representing Luis and Maria Petra Quintero, founders of Los Angeles, standing beside two horses, by a staff artist of the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History.
Luis Manuel Quintero was a New Spain-Colonial tailor from Guadalajara, Jalisco, who later became one of the 44 original settlers of the Pueblo de Los Angeles (present-day Los Angeles, California) on September 4, 1781. Quintero's wife María Petra Rubio was born near 1741 and came from Álamos, Sonora. She was described as a mulatta, or a person of mixed Spanish and African descent. (Wikipedia)

Caption

Photo label: Luis Quinteros and his wife Maria Petra Quintero, L.A. founders of African descent. Painting by staff artist of the L.A. County Museum of Natural History.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Keywords

Genre

paintings

Names

Quinteros, Luis, b. circa 1725 - 1810
Quinteros, María Petra Rubio, b. circa 1741

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Colonists