Lot Essay
For Stokes's work in Greenland with Peary 1892-4 and with Nordenskjld in the Antarctic 1901-3 see the introduction to lots 150-176, 17 Sept. 1998 (Exploration and Travel).
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Peary Camp, Bowdoin Bay, Greenland, with the artist's studio and Anniversary Lodge
Details
Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858-1955)
Peary Camp, Bowdoin Bay, Greenland, with the artist's studio and Anniversary Lodge
oil on canvas-board, unframed
11 x 16in. (29.8 x 40.7cm.)
With six oil sketches by Stokes from the North Greenland expedition 1893-4, seven oil sketches of the Atlantic from the Swedish Antarctic expedition of 1901-2, and three others.
inscribed 'Peary Camp/Bowdoin Bay/Greenland/on left/Anniversary Lodge/the left studio of FW Stokes' (17)
Peary Camp, Bowdoin Bay, Greenland, with the artist's studio and Anniversary Lodge
oil on canvas-board, unframed
11 x 16in. (29.8 x 40.7cm.)
With six oil sketches by Stokes from the North Greenland expedition 1893-4, seven oil sketches of the Atlantic from the Swedish Antarctic expedition of 1901-2, and three others.
inscribed 'Peary Camp/Bowdoin Bay/Greenland/on left/Anniversary Lodge/the left studio of FW Stokes' (17)