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Courtesy of UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

Title:

Bay of Monterey, Upper California

Description:

Content/DescriptionLandscape with couple in foreground, buildings left and center, and masted ships in the bay at right, one of which is purported to be the H.M.S. Blossom on which Smyth served under Captain Frederick William Beechy. Smyth often sketched with fellow officer Richard Beechey during their voyage to the Pacific 1825-1828.

Creator/Contributor:

Smyth, William, 1800-1827, artist

Date:

1827

Contributing Institution:

UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library