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The Arctic Expedition at Whale Fish Island, near Disko, 8 July 1845.

Accession no.:	N: 1995
Object name:	Sketch
Title:	The Arctic Expedition at Whale Fish Island, near Disko, 8 July 1845.
Description:	Pencil sketch by Captain James Fitzjames, showing HMS Erebus and HMS Terror at anchor.
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, to Lady Franklin'.
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 270mm, height: 215mm mount: Width: 555mm, height: 405mm