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First Communication with the Natives of Prince Regents Bay as Drawn by John Sackheouse and Presented to Capt. Ross, August 10, 1818

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Date:

1819

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2938134

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First Communication with the Natives of Prince Regents Bay as Drawn by John Sackheouse and Presented to Capt. Ross, August 10, 1818
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Date(s):

1819

Place:

London (England):

Place of creation:

United Kingdom

Extent:

1 print / estampe : aquatint, hand coloured
Support 26.200 x 41.000

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Work is an aquatint and engraving, hand-coloured, done after an original sketch by the Inuit artist John Sackheouse.

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Artist: Sacheuse, John active 1818-1819

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Publication: In Ross, John, "A Voyage of Discovery...in His Majesty's Ships Isabella & Alexander...", London, John Murray, 1819, Plate 10

Custodial history:

Print is one of a number of engravings originally published in Captain John Ross, A Voyage of Discovery... in His Majesty's Ships Isabella and Alexander... Exploring Baffin's Bay, in 1818 (London, John Murray, 1819). This book originally belonged to the National Archives Library, but was transferred to the National Library of Canada in 1995, and is now part of the holdings of Library and Archives Canada. Former call no. was RARE G650 1818 R8.

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This record was created during a book illustration project done by the former Library Documentation and Service Division. This material is held by the Published Heritage area of LAC, thus cannot be ordered through Archives Search.
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SUBJ - DISCOVERY & EXPLORATIONS - 1818-1819 - ROSS, SIR JOHN

SUBJ - SHIPS, ALEXANDER HMS

SUBJ - SHIPS, ISABELLA HMS

N.W.T., PRINCE REGENT INLET
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada
Copyright: Expired

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