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Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection

The Arctic Expedition leaving Stromness, 3 June 1845, 9am.

Accession no.:	N: 1994
Object name:	Sketch
Title:	The Arctic Expedition leaving Stromness, 3 June 1845, 9am.
Description:	Pencil sketch by Captain James Fitzjames, showing HMS Erebus and HMS Terror towed by HMS Rattler.
Medium:	Sketch
Artist:	Fitzjames, James
Note:	Note, on scrap of paper: 'This sketch, by Captain James Fitzjames, HMS Erebus, was sent home from Greenland, with his last letters'.
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 348mm, height: 254mm mount: Width: 555mm, height: 405mm