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Intrepid driven against an iceberg

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Artist

David Frederick Markham (1800-1853)

Collection

Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

Image Link

https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/museum/catalogue/article/n1227

Description

Watercolour sketch of Arctic expedition possibly by David Markham designed for illustrated edition, never published, of C.R. Markham's 'In Franklin's Footsteps'. Intrepid driven against an iceberg.

The work is an imagined scene based on an episode described in the above book.

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All Rights Reserved

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image © Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

Location

Whale Sound, Greenland

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Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

TWW Comment

imagined scene based on text page 123 of https://archive.org/details/franklinsfootste00mark/page/n135/mode/2up?ref=ol&view=theater

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