Description
Steep coastal mountains viewed from close to the shore, with fir trees faintly sketched in at the water's edge on the left. Brushpoint squiggles lower right
Joppien / Smith number is 3.193. The scenery is similar to that depicted in Ellis' A view in King George's Sound, 1778. a watercolour in the National Library of Australia (Joppien / Smith number 3.192) and may well be a study for it.
Other Titles - Mountainous landscape, Ship Cove [Nootka Sound] Apr 1778 [Joppien / Smith title]
Image Licence
All Rights Reserved
Image Credit
Alexander Turnbull Library
Location
Nootka Sound, British Columbia, Canada
Country
Canada
Tags
Category
Landscapes & Seascapes
TWW Comment
Cook's two ships spent about a month in Nootka Sound, from 29 March to 26 April 1778, in what Cook called Ship Cove, now Resolution Cove, at the south end of Bligh Island (Wikipedia)