Juan Bautista De Anza (circa 1929) 

Albert Herter

DESCRIPTION:   approx. 10-foot by 5-foot oil-on-canvas portrait mural

De Anza's full name was Juan Bautista de Anza Bezerra Nieto (1736-1788).  He was a Spanish military officer, California expedition leader, and politician in the 1770s and 1780s during California's era of colonization by the Spanish Empire.
LOCATION:  interior, north wall of History Room, Central Library, 630 W. Fifth Street, Historic Core, Los Angeles, California, USA

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