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Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection

Mathew

Accession no.:	Y: 72/11/1
Object name:	Reproduction
Title:	Mathew
Description:	One of five full colour prints of Famous Ships in Canadian History by Melbourne Smith. Commissioned by Hudson's Bay Company for its 300th anniversary.
Medium:	Reproduction
Artist:	Smith, Melbourne
Note:	Impression of Mathew, the navicula (fully rigged bark, decked for ocean voyaging) made famous by the mariner John Cabot, 1496.
Dimensions:	Picture: Width: 495mm, height: 420mm : Dimensions: ?