Title:
[Three views of two islands near Galapagos Islands, Ecuador]
Creator/Contributor:
Sykes, John (1773-1858), British, artist (artist)
Date:
1795
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1163--ffALB
Format:
drawing on paper: watercolor and pencil
8.4 x 51.4 cm., composite of 3 sheets
Content/Description:
(Compass directions): (Left): N 9 W;Cliff-faced island and a little -rock- island. There are two No. 62's. See 1963.002:1161
Notes/Inscriptions:
Supplied title. Handwritten (LL): View of the norther'most of 2 islands, seen Feb[ruary] 2[n]d 1795, bearg. no. 16 W, 7 miles
dist.; (LC): View of the souther'l of the 2 islands seen Feb[ruary] 2[n]d, 1795, S 58 El, 4 or 5 leag. dist.; (LR): The souther'l
of the same islands, S 63 W 4 or 5 leags dist. Signature (LR): J. Sykes. Handwritten (LR): 62.
Subjects:
Ecuador;
Expeditions & surveys;
South America;
Voyages to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Landscapes;
Travel sketches;
Watercolors