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Crews of the Isabella and Alexander sawing a passage through the ice

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Accession no.: Y: 59/3/8/1
Title: Crews of the Isabella and Alexander sawing a passage through the ice
Description: One of two plates from John Ross's 'A Voyage of Discovery Made under the orders of the Admiralty in His Majesty's ships Isabella and Alexander....' (London, 1819), see p. 62. Engraving by D. Havell, after a sketch by John Ross. Published in January 1819, by John Murray, London.
Medium: Print
Artist: Ross, John
Note: Mounted with Y: 59/3/8/2.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 266mm; height: 196mm
Mount:
  • Width: 405mm; height: 555mm