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Supposed Devil's Thumb

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Date:

July 26, 1818.

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2880754

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Andrew Motz Skene fonds

Supposed Devil's Thumb
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Date(s):

July 26, 1818.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : pencil on wove paper
Support 22.200 x 18.500 cm

Language of material:

no language

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Expedition led by John Ross, 1818. Skene was midshipman on the HMS Isabella.

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Artist: Skene, Andrew Motz, 1796-1849

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General note:

sketchbook: A.M. Skene Sketchbook folio 35 verso

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: in pencil, c.l.: coastline of ice; c.: Land; SE&E iceberg; c.r.: Supposed Devil's Thumb Lat. 75 28' N/26 July 1818 Long 60 59 W (Partial Transcription)
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panorama marin

Islands - Greenland

Seascape

Icebergs

Greenland
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Private

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1988-043 PIC
00035
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
Physical access restricted. No restrictions on use for reproduction or publication

Item no. assigned by LAC [000035] 000035 V

[Consultation 90 Open]

Copy negative [000035] C-132794

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1988-43-35V Purchased in 1988 with a contribution from the Minister of Communications under the terms of the Cultural Property Export and Import Act.
Copyright: Expired

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