Old Mesilla Plaza circa 1885
by Peter Ogden
Title
Old Mesilla Plaza circa 1885
Artist
Peter Ogden
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
This is a restored copy of Old Mesilla Plaza, a circa 1885 oil on canvas by French American Mexican painter Leon Trousset, 1838-1917. This painting depicts an aerial or bird's eye view of the Old Mesilla Plaza in Mesilla, New Mexico. Mesilla is a satellite of Las Cruces and lies near the Rio Grande. This view includes the Basilica of San Albino, numerous southwestern adobe style buildings, a man with a burro or donkey, a horse drawn Conestoga wagon, a horse drawn stage coach and two oxen with their driver pulling a cart in a vast, arid New Mexico landscape.
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December 15th, 2020
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