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| Accession no.: | Y: 54/13/52 |
| Title: | Hauling the Cape Rawson depot to its place... n.d. |
| 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: | Sketch |
| Artist: | Moss, Edward Lawton |
| Note: | Text, on front: 'Hauling the Cape Rawson depot to its place...N of Cape Union in distance'. Text, on reverse: ' ...The sledge is shown merely loaded with Pemmican for a depot close to the ship. Of course it should be loaded with tent, bags, cooking gear ... the picture is intended to represent a regular sledge party'. Holograph note on verso |
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