Detail View: Museum and the Online Archive of California: [Military vessels in Bellingam Bay, Washington?]
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Collection:
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Museum and the Online Archive of California
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Creator Name:
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McMurtrie, William Birch (1816-1872), American, artist
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Title:
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[Military vessels in Bellingam Bay, Washington?]
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Date:
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[185-]
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Materials:
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painting on paper: watercolor
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Dimensions:
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24 x 47.9 cm.
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Current Location:
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Bancroft Library.
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Address:
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Berkeley, California 94720-6000
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Object ID:
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BANC PIC 1963.002:1293--B
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Subject:
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- Bays
- Military Facilities
- Northwest, Pacific
- Vessels
- Marines (Visual works)
- Paintings
- Travel sketches
- Watercolors
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Content/Description:
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Notes:
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Two war(?) vessels: American two-masted sidewheel steamship with one smokestack, and British three-masted steamship (larger), anchored in (Bellingham?) bay; military camp on shore to left; several canoes with people in foreground; Mount Baker(?) and other snow-covered mountains in distance. View probably related to Pig War with Indian population on San Juan Islands, Washington.
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Notes/Inscriptions:
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Notes:
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Supplied title. Signature (LL): Mc Murtrie. Handwritten (on verso) in ink: Property of Emily Francis McMurtrie; By Wm. B. McMurtrie; in pencil: Emily F. McMurtrie.
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Collection Description:
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METS ID:
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ark:/13030/tf4z09p2vh
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