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Preparing an encampment on the barren grounds, gathering tripe de roche, etc, Sept 16 1821

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Accession no.: N: 1622
Title: Preparing an encampment on the barren grounds, gathering tripe de roche, etc, Sept 16 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. 412.
Medium: Print
Artist: Back, George
Note: Print, after sketch by Lieutenant Back. Published in March 1823, By John Murray, London. Engraved by Edward Finden.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 265mm; height: 214mm
Mount:
  • Width: 555mm; height: 405mm