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Cliffs, 22 July

Image
Accession no.: Y: 56/21/3
Title: Cliffs, 22 July
Description: Cliffs near Sanderson his Hope. 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 front: '22 July 74'. Text, on reverse: 'Cliffs ... the colours are not in the slightest degree exaggerated. IF I had time I would have put ships in foreground, Alert towing Discovery'. Holograph note on verso.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 175mm; height: 120mm
Mount:
  • Width: 410mm; height: 280mm