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Possession Island, Victoria Land, Jan 11 1841, Lat.72.56 S.

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Accession no.:	Y: 59/5/1
Object name:	Watercolour
Title:	Possession Island, Victoria Land, Jan 11 1841, Lat.72.56 S.
Description:	Watercolour by John Edward Davis, second master of HMS Terror, during the British Antarctic Expedition 1839-43.
Medium:	Watercolour
Artist:	Davis, J.E.
Note:	Appears as an engraving in Sir James Clark Ross's 'A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions, 1839-43' (London, 1847), vol 1, p. 165 and p. 189.
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 265mm, height: 195mm mount: Width: 405mm, height: 280mm