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Situation of the canoes off Cape Barrow

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Accession no.: N: 1989
Title: Situation of the canoes off Cape Barrow
Description: Situation of the canoes off Cape Barrow, July 25th 1821, from a watercolour by George Back. Reproduced in John Franklin's 'Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea, 1819-22' (London, 1823), p. 369.
Medium: Watercolour
Artist: Back, George
Note: Rough sketch executed in watercolour and ink. Test, on front: 'Rough sketch, morred to an iceberg, Browne (Lieut), no 37'.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 385mm; height: 252mm
Mount:
  • Width: 555mm; height: 405mm