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Critical position of HMS Investigator on the north-coast of Baring Island, August 20th 1851

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Accession no.: Y: 64/10/4
Title: Critical position of HMS Investigator on the north-coast of Baring Island, August 20th 1851
Description: One of a series of eight chromolithograph sketches by Lieut S. Gurney Creswell, of the voyage of HMS Investigator under Captain McClure.
Medium: Lithograph
Artist: Cresswell, Samuel Gurney
Note: Published on 15 May 1854, by Day and Son, London, and published as a set on 25 July 1854. See Y: 56/22/4.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 420mm; height: 300mm
Sheet:
  • Width: 620mm; height: 445mm