Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
Museum and the Online Archive of California
Creator Name:
Sykes, John (1773-1858), British, artist
Creator Role:
artist
Title:
View of the entrance into Clarence Straights... [Alaska]
Date:
[between 1791 and 1795]
Materials:
drawing on paper: watercolor and pencil
Dimensions:
8 x 48.9 cm.
Current Location:
Bancroft Library.
Address:
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Object ID:
BANC PIC 1963.002:1127--ffALB
Subject:
- Alaska
- Expeditions & surveys
- Northwest, Pacific
- Voyages to the
Pacific
- Drawings
- Landscapes
- Travel sketches
- Watercolors
Heading:
Notes/Inscriptions:
Notes:
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.
Collection Description:
METS ID:
ark:/13030/tf3779p22 q

View of the entrance into Clarence Straights... [Alaska]