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Canoe broaching to, in a gale of wind at sunrise, Aug 23 1821

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Accession no.: N: 1618
Title: Canoe broaching to, in a gale of wind at sunrise, Aug 23 1821
Description: Plate from Sir John Franklin's 'Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea 1819-22' (London, 1823), see p. 394.
Medium: Print
Artist: Back, George
Note: Coloured print, after sketch by Lieutenant Back, engraved by Edward Finden. Published in March 1823, by John Murray, London.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 270mm; height: 220mm
Mount:
  • Width: 555mm; height: 405mm