Title:
Port Townsend, Washington Territory, in 1855
Creator/Contributor:
Galt (active ca. 1855-ca. 1860), artist (artist)
Date:
1855
Identifier:
BANC PIC 1963.002:0726--A
Format:
drawing on paper: pencil
21.6 x 28 cm.
Content/Description:
Small settlement on beach with numerous wooden buildings (one under construction) and several tents; canoes on beach at right;
US flags fly from poles on beach, on bluff above, and from stern of sidewheel steamship in bay.
Notes/Inscriptions:
Handwritten title (LC). For explanation of attribution to Galt, see artist's biography.
Subjects:
Harbors;
Northwest, Pacific;
Settlements;
Vessels;
Washington (State);
Waterfronts
Genre/Format:
Cityscapes;
Drawings;
Travel sketches