Title:
The 2 Norther'most of Maria's Islands... [off coast of Jalisco, Mexico]
Creator/Contributor:
Sykes, John (1773-1858), British, artist (artist)
Date:
[between 1791 and 1795]
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1131--ffALB
Format:
drawing on paper: watercolor and pencil
8.4 x 37.8 cm.
Content/Description:
Island sticks up sharply at left; long islands at center and right.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC): The 2 Norther'most of Maria's Islands; The 2 points of them nearly in one, bearg. N 6 W, the white
rock N 25 [degrees] W nearest shore 2 miles dist. Signature (LR): J. Sykes. Handwritten (LR, above signature): 34.
Subjects:
Expeditions & surveys;
Mexico;
Voyages to the Pacific
Genre/Format:
Drawings;
Landscapes;
Travel sketches;
Watercolors