'The ships of Lord Mulgrave's expedition of discovery embedded in ice in the Polar Regions', 1774. Artist: John Cleveley the Younger.

'The ships of Lord Mulgrave's expedition of discovery embedded in ice in the Polar Regions', 1774. Artist: John Cleveley the Younger.

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'The ships of Lord Mulgrave's expedition of discovery embedded in ice in the Polar Regions', 1774. HMS 'Racehorse' and 'Carcass' sailed from the Nore on the sandbank of the Thames Estuary, under the command of Captain Constantine John Phipps to Spitzbergen in the Svalbard archipelago. The 'Carcass' was comanded by Commander Skeffington Lutwidge, with a young Horatio Nelson on board as a midshipman. Watercolour held at the Victoria And Albert Museum. From Adventures By Sea From Art of Old Time, by Basil Lubbock. [The Studio Ltd., London, 1925]


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Creator
  1. John Cleveley the Younger, attributed to: British; English: Artist, painter, illustrator
People Related
  1. Basil Lubbock: British: Author
  2. Constantine John Phipps: British: naval commander
  3. Horatio Nelson: British: Viscount, lord, admiral, naval commander
  4. Skeffington Lutwidge: British: naval commander

Medium
  1. Watercolour

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4344x3383
File Size : 43,054kb


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  1. 0580035108
  1. 2-640-873
  1. 2640873

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