Photograph on card
Category
Photographs
Date
1875 - 1877
Materials
Cloth, Leather, Paper, Photographic paper, Rexine
Collection
Hughenden, Buckinghamshire
NT 428862.6
Summary
Photograph NO. 2. DISCO, GREENLAND. THE EXPEDITION AT ANCHOR IN THE HARBOUR. “ALERT.” “DISCOVERY.” “VALOROUS.” Black and white albumin photograph mounted on card. Mount has handwritten ‘2’ at top, and ‘London Stereoscopic and Photographic Company, 110 and 108, Regent Street, and 54, Cheapside.’ printed near bottom. Three large ships and three small boats can be seen in the harbour, headlands in the background and grassland in the foreground. A native child poses on the left. Photograph has some damage (bonded paper)