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The most northern grave, June 1876

Image
Accession no.: Y: 54/13/12/1
Title: The most northern grave, June 1876
Description: One of a set of 16 chromolithographs, based on the work of Staff Surgeon Edward Lawton Moss, R.N. of H.M.S.Alert during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-76. 'A little mound of ice on the side of a floe-hill, and a rough cross made of a sledge batten and a paddle, mark our shipmate's grave, the most northern of any race or time' - Extract from 'Shores of the Polar Sea'.
Medium: Print
Artist: Moss, Edward Lawton
Note: Published in 1878 by Marcus Ward, London.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 280mm; height: 195mm
Sheet:
  • Width: 480mm; height: 330mm