Title:
[The Mission of San Jose, California]
Creator/Contributor:
Smyth, William, 1800-1827, artist
Abstract:
Content/DescriptionWilliam Smyth (watercolorist and topographical artist) served as official artist of Captain Frederick W.
Beechey's expedition to the Pacific and Bering Strait on the ship H.M.S. Blossom under the command of Captain Beechey in 1825-1828.
The expedition wintered in San Francisco and Monterey Bays in 1826 and 1827. While in California, Smyth made drawings and
watercolors of the flora and fauna, among other subjects.
Content/DescriptionBroad view of mission and outbuildings with two Indians in the foreground, a horse and rider to the right
and native American dwellings (huts) to the left.
Date:
[ca. 1826-1827]
Subject:
Spanish mission buildings -- California -- Pictorial works
Drawings
Pencil works
Note:
Captain of the Royal Navy. Served on the H.M.S. Blossom which came to California (San Francisco and Monterey) in 1826-1827.
Sketched with fellow officer Richard Beechey.
Physical Description:
1 drawing on paper (on 2 contiguous sketch book pages) : pencil ; full sheet 26.3 x 74.3 cm.
Handwritten title (UL right hand sheet): The Mission of S. Jose. California -.
Local Call Number:
BANC PIC 1979.016--D (sheet 2-3)
Filename:
brk00001454_20a.tif
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[The Mission of San Jose, California]
