{"id":287,"date":"2023-02-16T00:36:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-16T00:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/?page_id=287"},"modified":"2023-03-19T01:34:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-19T01:34:47","slug":"tavernier","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/?page_id=287","title":{"rendered":"Tavernier"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-d5db3a3\" data-block-id=\"d5db3a3\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-d5db3a3-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-51b6e4d\" data-block-id=\"51b6e4d\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-51b6e4d-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-51b6e4d-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-b075ebd\" data-block-id=\"b075ebd\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-b075ebd-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-347c83a\" data-block-id=\"347c83a\"><style>.stk-347c83a-container{background-image:url(https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1876DanceHouseTavernier.jpg) !important;background-attachment:fixed !important;background-size:cover !important}.stk-347c83a-container:before{background-color:#000000 !important;opacity:0.6 !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-347c83a-container stk-hover-parent stk--has-background-overlay\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-347c83a-inner-blocks\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>1878 Painting of Elem Ceremony (By Jules Tavernier)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-fe1bbe6\" data-block-id=\"fe1bbe6\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-fe1bbe6-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-09cb4b7\" data-block-id=\"09cb4b7\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-09cb4b7{flex:1 1 calc(28% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-09cb4b7-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-09cb4b7-inner-blocks\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Tavernier_at_Red_Cloud_Agency.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color wp-image-305\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:10px\" width=\"285\" height=\"213\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: #f8f8f8;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Jules Tavernier (1) at the Red Cloud Agency, Nebraska 1874<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"825\" height=\"1153\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/TiburcioParrott.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color wp-image-306\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:10px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Tiburcio Parrott<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1005\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1876ParrottRothchildeElemDance.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color wp-image-308\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:10px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: #faf8f8;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Tiburcio and the Baron Edmond de Rothschild in the painting.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-36ec0c8\" data-block-id=\"36ec0c8\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-36ec0c8{flex:1 1 calc(72% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-36ec0c8-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"has-text-align-left stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-36ec0c8-inner-blocks\">\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-6-color has-text-color\"><strong>In 2015, the Wildenstein &amp; Co. art gallery in New York purchased the Tavernier painting from an auction house in Geneva.  The painting was commissioned by<strong> wealthy San Francisco banker and Sulphur Bank mercury mine owner Tiburcio Parrott<\/strong> in 1875.  The painting was given as a gift to the <span style=\"color: #faf8f8;\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Baron Edmond de Rothschild<\/span> following his visit to the mine in Lake County.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-6-color has-text-color\"><strong>The painting was executed between 1876 and 1878 at Monterey and in San Francisco by the French artist Jules Tavernier (1844-1889). <br><br>Beginning in 1852, the Parrott family had various business projects in California, including buildings in San Francisco.  In 1873, Tiburcio and his father, John, became the controlling owners of the Sulfur Bank Mine, a quicksilver mine, located north of Calistoga in Lake County. <br><br>In the June 8, 1878  &#8220;Around the City &#8221; column in the <em>Daily Alta California<\/em>, the author announced that Tavernier had just returned from Sulphur Springs where he has been taking some sketches for the completion of his masterpiece, &#8220;The Indian Sweat House&#8221;, purchased by Tiburcio Parrott.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1023\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1906SulphurElem.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-307\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-6-color has-text-color\"><strong>Photos taken of the Elem Community and Sulphur Bank Mine in 1906 show the relationship between the two.  It is known that Native Americans from the Elem community worked in the mine alongside Chinese miners.  Many of the Chinese miners lived in the Elem community.<br><br>One 1906 photo shows the ruins of a dance house at Elem.  It is possible that these ruins are of the dance house that was in use during the Tavernier painting.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/1906DanceHouseRuins.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color wp-image-309\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:10px\" width=\"332\" height=\"264\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Ruins of the 1870&#8217;s dance house in 1906.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-palette-color-7-color has-text-color has-link-color has-large-font-size wp-elements-4114bddc1616edf9737d22975508d4b4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/40394679\/Dance_in_a_Subterranean_Roundhouse_at_Clear_Lake\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.academia.edu\/40394679\/Dance_in_a_Subterranean_Roundhouse_at_Clear_Lake\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here to learn more about this amazing painting.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1878 Painting of Elem Ceremony (By Jules Tavernier) In 2015, the Wildenstein &amp; Co. art gallery in New York purchased the Tavernier painting from an auction house in Geneva. The painting was commissioned by wealthy San Francisco banker and Sulphur Bank mercury mine owner Tiburcio Parrott in 1875. 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