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John Richardson, and, Expedition passing through Point Lata on the ice, June 25, 1821

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Accession no.: Y: 78/12/8
Title: John Richardson, and, Expedition passing through Point Lata on the ice, June 25, 1821
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 a portrait by T. Phillips, and a drawing by Lieut Back, engraved by Finden, published in 1828 by John Murray, London.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 190mm; height: 145mm
Sheet:
  • Width: 430mm; height: 304mm