Beschreibung:

After Lieutenant Samuel Gurney Cresswell
A series of eight sketches in colour of the voyage of H.M.S. Investigator: First Discovery of Land by H.M.S. Investigator, September 6th 1850; Bold Headland on Baring Island; H.M.S. Investigator in the pack, October 8th 1850; Critical position of H.M.S. Investigator on the North-Coast of Baring Island, August 20th 1851; H.M.S. Investigator running through a narrow channel in a snow storm, between grounded and pack ice, September 23rd 1851; Melville Island from Banks' Land; Sledge-Party leaving H.M.S. Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney Creswell, 15 April 1853; and Sledging over Hummocky Ice, April 1853, (Abbey Travel 644, nos. 1-8) by W. Simpson and E. Walker
After Lieutenant Samuel Gurney Cresswell A series of eight sketches in colour of the voyage of H.M.S. Investigator: First Discovery of Land by H.M.S. Investigator, September 6th 1850; Bold Headland on Baring Island; H.M.S. Investigator in the pack, October 8th 1850; Critical position of H.M.S. Investigator on the North-Coast of Baring Island, August 20th 1851; H.M.S. Investigator running through a narrow channel in a snow storm, between grounded and pack ice, September 23rd 1851; Melville Island from Banks' Land; Sledge-Party leaving H.M.S. Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney Creswell, 15 April 1853; and Sledging over Hummocky Ice, April 1853, (Abbey Travel 644, nos. 1-8) by W. Simpson and E. Walker chromolithographs, published by Day & Son and Ackermann & Co., London, 1854 unframed S. 14 7/8 x 18¼in. (37.8 x 46.3cm.) (8)