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Moore's Bay, Polar Sea

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Date:

29 July, 1821

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Box number: A009-02

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2913486

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George Back fonds

Prints published after original works by George Back

Moore's Bay, Polar Sea
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

29 July, 1821

Place:

London

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

1 print / estampe : Steel engraving
Support 28.800 x 34.000 cm
Image 21.500 x 27.500 cm

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Print entitled "Moore's Bay, Polar Sea" related to the 1819-1822 Franklin Arctic Expedition.

View of expeditioners moving their canoes through the ice of the bay. This image was numbered II-17.
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Artist: Back, George, Sir, 1796-1878

Engraver: Audinet, Philipp, 1766-1837

Engraver: Finden, Edward Francis, 1791-1857
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General note:

Removed from: Set: Illustrations for Narrative of a Journey to the Shore of the Polar Sea in the Years 1819, 20, 21 and 22 by John Franklin.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Dated., Inscription: On the plate, recto, l.l.: Drawn by Lieut. Back R.N.; l.r.: Engraved by Audinet; b.: MOORE'S BAY, POLAR SEA:/ lat 67.48, long 110.36, with the Expedition under Capt. Franklin. R.N. 29th July. 1821./ (Midnight View)/ Private Plate.
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landscape

paysage
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Private

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00001
1992-546 x DAP
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Graphic (art)

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

Box [1992-546]

[Consultation 90 Open]

A009-02 Item no. assigned by LAC 1

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. 1992-546-1
Copyright: Expired

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