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Alert in Winter Quarters

Image
Accession no.: Y: 56/21/2
Title: Alert in Winter Quarters
Description: Watercolours by Staff Surgeon Edward Lawton Moss painted during Sir George Nares' British Arctic Expedition, 1875-76 in H.M.S.Alert and Discovery.
Medium: Watercolour
Artist: Moss, Edward Lawton
Note: Text, on reverse: 'HMS Alert in Winter Quarters, Sir George Nares Expedition'. Note, on mount: 'Winter Quarters outside from the floes astern of HMS Alert, December 1875'.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 180mm; height: 135mm
Mount:
  • Width: 410mm; height: 280mm