Title:
[Presidio of Monterey, California]
Creator/Contributor:
Beechey, Richard Brydges (1808-1895), British, artist (artist)
Date:
[1826-1827]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1307--FR
Format:
painting on paper: watercolor and pencil
27.8 x 44 cm., visible image
Content/Description:
Looking across estuary towards Presidio building compound with Spanish flag flying. H.M.S. Blossom (ship) in far right background.
Figures, cows, a horse, and other animals along waters edge in fore and middleground.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title:(LC): Presidio of Monterrey [sic]. Signature (LL): Drawn by Rich[ar]d Beechey Mid[shipma]n. Handwritten
(LR): H.M.S. Blossom. Date from label on verso.
Subjects:
Bays;
California, Northern;
Military facilities;
Monterey Bay Region (Calif.);
Vessels;
Voyages to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Landscapes;
Paintings;
Travel sketches;
Watercolors