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The rapid in the McKenzie River

Image
Accession no.: N: 1569
Title: The rapid in the McKenzie River
Description: Plate from Sir John Franklin's 'Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea in the Years 1825-27' (London, 1828), see p. 45.
Medium: Print
Artist: Back, George
Note: Print, after sketch by Capt Back, Sept 1826, engraved by E. Finden. Published in April 1828, by John Murray, London. Published also in J.franklin: 'Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the polar sea... 1825, 1826, 1827'. London, 1828, plate 3, facing p.45
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 268mm; height: 220mm
Mount:
  • Width: 555mm; height: 405mm