Title:
View of Mount Olympus bear'g E N E, 4 leag' off shore [Juan de Fuca Straits, Washington]
Creator/Contributor:
Sykes, John (1773-1858), British, artist (artist)
Date:
[between 1791 and 1795]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1107--ffALB
Format:
drawing on paper: watercolor and pencil
8.7 x 36.9 cm.
Content/Description:
Includes Mt. Baker in distance, named not before Joseph Baker, one of Vancouver expedition staff; and Port Townsend, named
for the Earl of Townsend.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC). Signature (LR): John Sykes. Handwritten (LR, above signature): 8.
Subjects:
Expeditions & surveys;
Mountains;
Northwest, Pacific;
Voyages to the Pacific;
Washington (State)
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Landscapes;
Travel sketches;
Watercolors