Title:
View of the entrance into Clarence Straights... [Alaska]
Creator/Contributor:
Sykes, John (1773-1858), British, artist (artist)
Date:
[between 1791 and 1795]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1127--ffALB
Format:
drawing on paper: watercolor and pencil
8 x 48.9 cm.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC): View of the entrance into Clarence Straights, the point of entrance into Port Protection N 8 [degrees]
E, 7 or 8 leags; The Bald Hill, over do.(?) N 15 Et, nearest shore pt, N 25 Et. 1 3/4 miles; The Island Point in the opposite
shore N 15 W 7 miles. Signature (LR): John Sykes. Handwritten (LR, above signature): 30.
Subjects:
Alaska;
Expeditions & surveys;
Northwest, Pacific;
Voyages to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Landscapes;
Travel sketches;
Watercolors