Two Volumes of Arctic Photographs

Made:
1875-1876

Two volumes of arctic photographs taken on the expedition of Captain Nares 1875-76 (with printed catalogue).

Details

Category:
Photographs
Object Number:
1981-27
type:
photograph
credit:
Jacobson, K. and J.

Parts

Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1.

Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1.

Photographic album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 1." Photographic record containing albumen prints, an official visual record of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. The expedition's goal was to reach the North Pole by way of Smith Sound, the sea passage between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland.

Measurements:
overall: 40 mm x 365 mm x 269 mm,
Materials:
paper (fibre product) , cardboard and gold leaf
Object Number:
1981-27/1
type:
photograph albums
Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2.

Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2.

Photographic album titled "Her Majesty's Ships the Alert & Discovery. 1875-1876. Vol. 2." Photographic record containing albumen prints, an official visual record of the British Arctic Expedition of 1875-1876, led by Captain George Strong Nares. The expedition's goal was to reach the North Pole by way of Smith Sound, the sea passage between Canada's Ellesmere Island and Greenland.

Measurements:
overall: 40 mm x 365 mm x 269 mm,
Materials:
paper (fibre product) , cardboard and gold leaf
Object Number:
1981-27/2
type:
photograph albums