Photograph on card
Category
Photographs
Date
1875 - 1877
Materials
Cloth, Leather, Paper, Photographic paper, Rexine
Collection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428862.31
Summary
Photograph NO. 27. LAT. 79° 25’ N. FAST TO THE FLOE IN FRAKLIN PEARCE BAY, CAPE PRESCOTT, 9TH AUG. 1875. WAITING FOR THE ICE TO OPEN A WATER CHANNEL. Black and white albumin photograph mounted on card. Mount has handwritten ‘27’ at top, and ‘London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 110 and 108, Regent Street, and 54, Cheapside.’ printed near bottom. Two ships; one larger and one smaller. The larger ship has 12 flags attached to the mizzens and main past on the smaller ship. Large headland in the background. In the foreground is a large expanse of snow with members of the crew in the distance near the ships.