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Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection

Cutting into Winter Harbour Sept 1819

Accession no.:	Y: 62/6
Object name:	Watercolour
Title:	Cutting into Winter Harbour Sept 1819
Description:	Watercolour, unsigned, by Frederick William Beechey.
Medium:	Watercolour
Note:	original of engraving by W Westall @The crews of H.M.S. Hecla and griper cutting into Winter harbour. Sep. 26th 1819" used in parry's book. Reproduced in W.E.Parry: 'Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-West Passage 1819-20' London, 1821 facing p.97
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 362mm, height: 258mm mount: Width: 560mm, height: 405mm