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John Sykes Sr BIOGRAPHY
1773 England - 1858. Known for: Vancouver Expedition sketches, 1792-94.
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Born in England in 1773. Sykes joined the Royal Navy at age ten and became a midshipman on the Pacific Expedition led by Captain George Vancouver in the years 1792-94. He executed sepia wash drawings... Read full biography
Born in England in 1773. Sykes joined the Royal Navy at age ten and became a midshipman on the Pacific Expedition led by Captain George Vancouver in the years 1792-94. He executed sepia wash drawings of the Presidio at Monterey and the Carmel Mission. Sykes remained in the navy for the rest of his... Read full biography
Born in England in 1773. Sykes joined the Royal Navy at age ten and became a midshipman on the Pacific Expedition led by Captain George Vancouver in the years 1792-94. He executed sepia wash drawings of the Presidio at Monterey and the Carmel Mission. Sykes remained in the navy for the rest of his life and was made an admiral shortly before his death in 1858. In: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley); Hydrographic Office of the British Admiralty (London). Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California,... Read full biography
Born in England in 1773. Sykes joined the Royal Navy at age ten and became a midshipman on the Pacific Expedition led by Captain George Vancouver in the years 1792-94. He executed sepia wash drawings of the Presidio at Monterey and the Carmel Mission. Sykes remained in the navy for the rest of his life and was made an admiral shortly before his death in 1858. In: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley); Hydrographic Office of the British Admiralty (London). Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". First 100 Years of Painting in California (J. Van Nostrand); Yesterday's Artists on the Monterey Peninsula; California Pictorial (Van Nostrand & Coulter); New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America (Groce, George C. and... Read full biography
Born in England in 1773. Sykes joined the Royal Navy at age ten and became a midshipman on the Pacific Expedition led by Captain George Vancouver in the years 1792-94. He executed sepia wash drawings of the Presidio at Monterey and the Carmel Mission. Sykes remained in the navy for the rest of his life and was made an admiral shortly before his death in 1858. In: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley); Hydrographic Office of the British Admiralty (London). Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940". First 100 Years of Painting in California (J. Van Nostrand); Yesterday's Artists on the Monterey Peninsula; California Pictorial (Van Nostrand & Coulter); New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America (Groce, George C. and David H. Wallace). Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a
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Born in England in 1773. Sykes joined the Royal Navy at age ten and became a midshipman on the Pacific Expedition led by Captain George Vancouver in the years 1792-94. He executed sepia wash drawings of the Presidio at Monterey and the Carmel Mission. Sykes remained in the navy for the rest of his life and was made an admiral shortly before his death in 1858. In: Bancroft Library (UC Berkeley); Hydrographic Office of the British Admiralty (London).Biography from the Archives of askART
With the Vancouver Expedition from England, John Sykes made the first views in California of Point Conception (1792) and inland from Monterey (1794).