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Moore's Bay, Polar Sea

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Accession no.: N: 1623
Title: Moore's Bay, Polar Sea
Description: Plate from Sir John Franklin's 'Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea 1819-22' (London, 1823), see p. 370 in some editions.
Medium: Engraving
Artist: Back, George
Note: Print, after sketch by Lieutenant Back. Published in March 1823, By John Murray, London. Engraved by P. Audinet. 'Lat 67.48 N, long 110.36 W, with the Expedition under Captain Franklin, RN, 29th July 1821'.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 336mm; height: 294mm
Mount:
  • Width: 555mm; height: 405mm