Devils Thumb,Ships,Enterprise,Investigator,Baffin Bay,Arctic,1850,ice bound
Title: The devils thumb, ships boring and warping in the pack / Lithod. by Chas. Haghe after the original by Lieut. W.H. Browne ; printed by Day & Son.
Creator(s): Haghe, Charles, d. 1888, lithographer
Related Names:
Browne, W. H. (William Henry) , artist
Date Created/Published: London : Ackermann and Co., 1850 (Printed by Day & Son).
Summary: Print shows two ships, probably the Enterprise and the Investigator, ice bound in Baffin Bay off Devil's Point in the Arctic; the crews work to break up the ice and tow the ships to open water.
Notes:
Title from item.
Caption continues: Dedicated by special permission to the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, by their Lordships most obedient servant, W.H. Browne, Lieut. R.N. (late of the H.M.S. Enterprize).
Illus. in: Ten coloured views taken during the Arctic expedition of Her Majesty's ships 'Enterprise' and 'Investigator,' under the command of Captain Sir James C. Ross ... / Drawn by W.H. Browne ... With a summary of the ... expeditions in search of Captain Sir John Franklin ... London : Ackermann and Co., 1850, [leaf 11 (bottom)].
Subjects:
Sailing ships--British--Baffin Bay (North Atlantic Ocean)--1840-1850.
Ice--Baffin Bay (North Atlantic Ocean)--1840-1850.
Expeditions & surveys--Arctic regions--1840-1850.
Baffin Bay (North Atlantic Ocean)--1840-1850.
Book illustrations--1850.
Lithographs--Color--1850.
Bookmark /2003663111/
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