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Crevasse near Cape Joseph Henry, 28 April 1876

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Accession no.: Y: 54/13/17
Title: Crevasse near Cape Joseph Henry, 28 April 1876
Description: One of set of 49 watercolours, 1 pencil sketch, 7 pen drawings, all the work of Staff Surgeon Edward Lawton Moss, R.N. of H.M.S.Alert during the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-76.
Medium: Watercolour
Artist: Moss, Edward Lawton
Note: Note, hand-written on reverse: 'Crevasse near Cape Joseph Henry, Conical Peak in centre., looking north, 28 April 1876'. See E.L. Moss: "Shore of the Polar Sea" London, Marcus Ward and Co., 1878, p.60
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 280mm; height: 205mm
Frame:
  • Width: 555mm; height: 410mm