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| Accession no.: | Y: 56/18/31 |
| Title: | A bone sled |
| Description: | A bone sled, dog whip, spear and knife, of the Arctic Highlanders. One of set of one coloured and two black and white prints from Sir John Ross's 'A Voyage of Discovery...in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander for the purpose of exploring Baffin's Bay and enquiring into the probability of a North-West Passage' (1819). From a 'set of miscellaneous prints of polar interest'. |
| Medium: | Engraving |
| Artist: | Havell, Daniel |
| Note: | Engraved by D. Havell after a sketch by John Ross. Published in London by Murray, January 1819. Following page 94, and facing p. 102. |
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