Portrait of Akaitcho and his son (1 digital object(s)) Archives / Collections and Fonds

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Portrait of Akaitcho and his son

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Context of this record:

Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Lieutenant Robert Hood Series

Prints by Robert Hood and Edward Finden for John Franklin's Narrative of a Journey to the Polar Sea in 1819, 20, 22

Portrait of Akaitcho and his son
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Portrait of Akaitcho and his son

Date:

1823

Reference:

R13133-291-0-E, Volume number: 21

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

2955068

Date(s):

1823

Place:

London

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Publisher:

John Murray

Extent:

1 print : aquatint and etching, handcoloured with watercolour, printed in brown ink (first state) on paper
Support x cm
Platemark x cm

Scope and content:

This print is II-4d on the Robert Hood inventory list., This first state of the print is distinguished from the second state by the changed inscription (roman letter instead of italics in the first and third lines, a and the title line letters executed with different spacing and with commas after the words "Akaitcho" and "March" ), and less aquatint, allowing etched details, such as those in the face of the man, to be seen more clearly than in the second state., See other never-bound copies of this print in the NA Art Collection (first state printed in black and grey ink and second state printed in black and grey ink). See bound second state copies (2) in NA Library editions of Franklin's "Narrative" (both printed in brown ink and handcoloured)., Location: Gatineau Preservation Centre, 1997-476-91

Additional name(s):

Artist: Hood, Robert, 1797-1821

Depicted: Akaitcho

Engraver: Unknown

Akaitcho

Additional information:

General note:

Removed from: publication: Franklin, John "Narrative of a journey to the... Polar Sea in... 1819, 20, 21, and 22," (London: John Murray, 1823), vol. I

Availability of other formats note:

colour transparency available

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscription: in the plate, l.c.: Drawn by Lieut. Hood, R.N. / PORTRAIT OF AKAITCHO, AND HIS SON. / Published March, 1823, by John Murray, London.

Subject heading:

Inuit

Portraits

Inuit - Clothing and dress

Source:

Private
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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R13133-279
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