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Title
Bay of Monterey, Upper California
Creator
Smyth, William, 1800-1827, artist
Contributor
Smyth, William, 1800-1827, artist
Date Created and/or Issued
1827
Publication Information
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Contributing Institution
UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library
Collection
Framed Items From The Collections Of The Bancroft Library
Rights Information
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Description
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.
Content/DescriptionLandscape with couple in foreground, buildings left and center, and masted ships in the bay at right, one of which is purported to be the H.M.S. Blossom on which Smyth served under Captain Frederick William Beechy. Smyth often sketched with fellow officer Richard Beechey during their voyage to the Pacific 1825-1828.
Type
image
Format
1 painting on paper : watercolor ; visible image 22.8 x 35.6 cm.
Form/Genre
Watercolors
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt8m3nb342
BANC PIC 1953.003--FR
brk00001103_20a.tif
Subject
Cities and towns
Landscapes (Representations)--California--Monterey
Blossom (ship)--Pictorial works
Voyages to the Pacific coast--Pictorial works
Monterey (Calif.)--Pictorial works

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