James Stuart Blackton(English/California, 1875-1941)Matriarch of the Silver Seas, 1930 (Lone Cypress at Point Lobos, Monterey, California)oil on canvassigned lower right,J. STUART BLACKTON, with applied paper label verso inscribed, MATRIARCH OF THE / SILVER SEAS. / ANCIENT CYPRESS / AT POINT LOBOS MONTEREY / PAINTED BY / J. STUART BLACKTON / 193020 1/4 x 24 1/4in (61.5cm); frame 26 1/4in x 30in (66.5 x 76.5cm)