Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
L1988-215-1 |
Collection |
Fallon Family Collection |
Object Name |
Painting |
Title |
Portrait of Martina Castro Cota Lodge Depeaux, c. 1880 |
Description |
Born 1806, Martina Castro was the daughter of Jose Joaquin Castro and the granddaughter of Isidro Castro, a member of the De Anza expedition of 1775-76. She inherited the 1,668 acre Rancho Soquel from her father. In the years between 1833 and 1843 she applied for and received two land grants totaling 34,370 acres. The larger of the two grants was known as the Soquel Augmentacion. Both of the grants were located on the Soquel watershed and reached to the mountain top boundary of Santa Clara County. She increased her holdings, successfully managed her property for more than thirty years and in the process gained a reputation for good business sense. Martina Castro was married and widowed three times. Her first marriage was to Corporal Simon Cota. They had three daughters. Michael Lodge, a sailor from Dublin, Ireland, was her second husband. Together they had six children. Lodge disappeared in 1850 on his way back from the gold fields. In 1856, Castro married Frenchman Louis Depeaux. They were married until his death in 1882. This portrait was painted by Castro's granddaughter Anita, daughter of Maria del Carmen (Cota Lodge) Fallon and Captain Thomas Fallon. (Description taken from "Pioneer Women of Santa Clara County: Selections from The Permanent Collection," by Helen Kuesel and Milita Rios-Samaniego, San Jose Historical Museum, 1991) |
Date |
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Year Range from |
1875 |
Year Range to |
1885 |
Artist |
Fallon, Anita |
Provenance |
Martina Castro died 1889; painted by Anita Fallon, daughter of Captain Fallon. Given to Tom McEnery by original owner John Sinclair, grandson of Anita Fallon. |
Dimensions |
H-21 W-17.25 inches |
Height (in) |
21.000 |
Width (in) |
17.250 |
Medium |
Oil on canvas |
Donor |
Courtesy Tom McEnery |
Relation |
Show Related Records... |
People |
Castro, Martina Fallon, Anita |
Subjects |
Women Hispanic Americans -- California Portrait paintings Nineteenth century |
Number of images |
1 |