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Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection

 

Kongeborgen (early morning), Hammar Ø, and Kong Oscars Fjord, Lyell Land, North East Greenland

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Accession no.: Y: 2012/20/190
Object name: Black ink sketch
Title: Kongeborgen (early morning), Hammar Ø, and Kong Oscars Fjord, Lyell Land, North East Greenland
Description: This sketch was completed on the morning of the expedition's departure to Mestersvig. Compared with the afternoon sketch of the same view of Kongeborgen it shows how the intricaate architecture of the Kongeborgen cliffs were masked by the shadows of early morning.
Medium: Black ink sketch
Artist: Woolmore, Ray
Note: Looking eastwards across Kong Oscar Fjord, Hammar Ø from Base Camp, by the airstrip and Sirius Hut, on eastern coast of Lyell Land. Lat. 72°32'N, long. 24°40'W. (Danmark - Gronland 1:250,000 Sheet 72 Ø.2 Kong Oscar Fjord)
Dimensions:
  • Picture: Width: 178mm, height: 120mm
  • mount: Dimensions: ?
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