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Sir John Franklin, and, a portage

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Accession no.: Y: 78/12/3
Title: Sir John Franklin, and, a portage
Description: Double plates from John Franklin's 'Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea in 1819-22, with a Brief Account of the Second Journey in 1825-27' (London, 1829).
Medium: Print
Artist: Back, George
Note: Possibly proofs, based on drawings by Lieut Hood and Lieut Back, engraved by Finden, published in 1828 by John Murray, London.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 298mm; height: 216mm
Sheet:
  • Width: 300mm; height: 217mm