View from Hill on San Juan Island Looking South with Ships at Anchor and Mount Baker in the Distance
between 1857 and 1862
About this artwork
This watercolor landscape depicts a coastal view from San Juan Island featuring two ships, the Active and the Satellite, anchored in the water with Mount Baker visible in the background. It was created by the topographical artist James Madison Alden during the Northwest Boundary Survey.
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James Madison Alden served as an artist for the United States Northwest Boundary Survey, tasked with documenting the geography of the border region between the United States and British North America. His detailed watercolors provided essential visual documentation for officials who needed to understand the terrain of the Pacific Northwest during a period of complex territorial disputes. The ships depicted, the USS Active and the USS Satellite, were instrumental in transporting surveyors and supplies through the treacherous coastal waters of the San Juan Islands.
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View from Hill on San Juan Island Looking South with Ships at Anchor and Mount Baker in the Distance
James Alden, between 1857 and 1862
