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Esquimaux, west of the McKenzie

Image
Accession no.: N: 1578
Title: Esquimaux, west of the McKenzie
Description: Four portrait heads of Eskimos. 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. 119.
Medium: Print
Artist: Back, George
Note: Print, after sketch by Capt Back, 9 July 1826, engraved by E. Finden. Published in April 1828, by John Murray, London.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 218mm; height: 270mm
Mount:
  • Width: 405mm; height: 555mm