Art and Artists at the Mission Inn
Harry Eldridge Goodhue Music Room Windows Harry Eldridge Goodhue Stained Glass, 1910
Mission Inn escutcheon William A. Sharp c. 1910
St. Francis Doors Various Artists Iron and Bronze, 1932
The California Alps William Keith Oil on Canvas, 1874
Mission San Juan Capistrano Henry Chapman Ford Oil on Canvas, 1880
Mission San Carlos Borromeo Henry Chapman Ford Oil on Canvas, 1880
Mission San Antonio de Padua Henry Chapman Ford Oil on Canvas, 1880
Hoisting the Bell George Melville Stone Oil on Canvas, 1935 San Francisco Mission George Melville Stone Oil on Canvas, 1908
St. Francis Chapel Windows Louis Comfort Tiffany Stained Glass, 1906
Do you think the designers of the Mission Inn did a good job making it look like the Missions you just saw in the paintings?
Now it’s your turn! We are going to work to design our own escutcheon to represent ourselves! The Mission Inn’s escutcheon has symbols that help make the hotel feel like one of the California Missions, even though it never was! What do you notice about this escutcheon? What symbols, images and designs would your escutcheon include, and why?