Description
Credit: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Inscription
Inscribed on verso in graphite, lower right: "John Webber"
Descriptive Medium
Graphite, squared for transfer on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Image Licence
Public Domain, Yale Center for British Art
Image Credit
image credit Yale Center for British Art
Location
Bering Strait
Medium
Line Drawing
Tags
Category
Travel & Transport
TWW Comment
This documents HMS Discovery and HMS Resolution's search for a Northwest Passage from the western coast of North America. The ships almost became trapped in the Arctic ice while trying to pass through the Bering Strait.