Berkeley's Seat.', 1872. People bathing in the Atlantic Ocean at Rhode Island, USA. The area was known as Berkeley's Seat after the Irish bishop George Berkeley who landed near Newport in the early 18th century. From "Picturesque America; or, The Land We Live In, A Delineation by Pen and Pencil of the Mountains, Rivers, Lakes...with Illustrations on Steel and Wood by Eminent American Artists" Vol. I, edited by William Cullen Bryant. [D. Appleton and Company, New York, 1872]