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Divison of sledges finding and cutting a road through heavy hummocks, in the Queen's Channel

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Accession no.: Y: 72/12/9
Title: Divison of sledges finding and cutting a road through heavy hummocks, in the Queen's Channel
Description: Series of fourteen lithographs, based on sketches made by Commander Walter W. May during the voyage of Assistance up Wellington Channel in search of Sir John Franklin.
Medium: Lithograph
Artist: May, W.W.
Note: Published on 1 May 1855, Day and Son, London. Sheet, also features Y: 72/12/8.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 265mm; height: 190mm
Mount:
  • Width: 275mm; height: 402mm