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| Accession no.: | Y: 54/13/37 |
| Title: | Midnight, 16 July 1875 |
| 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: | Text, on front: 'The settlement of Ritenbeck from Alert, looking SW. text, on reverse: 'island of Disco in distance ... we came in here yesterday, 16 July to get the Discovery's dogs - ours came on board at Godhaven, Disco. There is a good Loomery about 6 miles to NE and we laid in a days provisions of Looms without much trouble. Their eggs were unfortunately too far hatched to make omlettes'. |
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