Title:
View from the anchorage of the Island of Cocos [Costa Rica)
Creator/Contributor:
Sykes, John (1773-1858), British, artist (artist)
Date:
[between 1791 and 1795]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1143--ffALB
Format:
drawing on paper: watercolor and pencil
19.7 x 35.6 cm.
Content/Description:
Cocos Island covered with trees; tiny islet to left. Twin-masted sailing boat and long boat sketched in lightly, in pencil.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC). Signature (LR): John Sykes. Handwritten (LR): 46.
Subjects:
Central America;
Costa Rica;
Expeditions & surveys;
Voyages to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Landscapes;
Travel sketches;
Watercolors