Photograph on card
Category
Photographs
Date
1875 - 1877
Materials
Cloth, Leather, Paper, Photographic paper, Rexine
Collection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428862.44
Summary
Photograph NO. 39. LAT. 79° 39’ N. “ALERT” CUTTING INTO DOCK. DOBBIN BAY. Black and white albumin photograph mounted on card. Mount has handwritten ‘39’ at top, and ‘London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 110 and 108, Regent Street, and 54, Cheapside.’ printed near bottom. Photograph depicts large ship facing to the right with three masts and five row boats; 4 attached to ship and one on ice. Two tripods to the right of the ship are surrounded with members of the ship’s crew and a dog. Headland to the right in the background. Sea covered with much ice with light-coloured water where ship’s masts can be seen reflected.