A SERIES OF FOURTEEN SKETCHES MADE DURING THE VOYAGE UP WELLINGTON CHANNEL IN SEARCH OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN, K.C.H., AND THE MISSING CREWS OF H. M. DISCOVERY SHIPS EREBUS AND TERROR; TOGATHER WITH A SHORT ACCOUNT OF EACH DRAWING.
A Series of Fourteen Sketches Made During the Voyage up Wellington Channel in Search of Sir John Franklin, K.C.H., and the Missing Crews of H. M. Discovery ships Erebus and Terror; Togather with A Short Account of Each Drawing.
Two-color lithographs, 1855.
Paper size 14 3/4 x 11" (37.5 x 28 cm).
Fair condition, toning to the wraps, wear on the edges of the test and wraps. Plates are generally in good condition, save for scattered foxing. LOCATION: New York City
Inventory Number: 69182
Price: $1,500.00 Publisher : Lonton: published May 1, 1855 by Day and Son, Lithographers to the Queen, . . . Commr. W. W. May, R.N. del. J. Needham, Lith. Day & Son Lither to the Queen. Complete set of 14 lithographs, title page, wraps and text. This is an early rescue operation to discover what happened to one of the great Arctic explorers. In itself it became an important record of the arctic. The first rescue voyage happened in 1848 and the fate of Franklin and the men were not discovered until 1859. Original wraps. 18th-19th Century Subjects , Marine , Sailing, Clippers & Yachts