Lot Essay
Sabine was Astronomer on Sir John Ross’s first Arctic expedition of 1818, and on William Parry's Arctic expedition of 1819-1820.
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The Arctic Dandies, Melville Island, 1819-1820
Details
General Sir Edward Sabine, K.C.B., R.A. (1788-1883)
The Arctic Dandies, Melville Island, 1819-1820
inscribed 'The Arctic Dandies during their residence on Melville Island, 1819-1820 / Drawn by Captain Sabine & partly coloured by him in 1822, completed by Edward Noble his godson in 1906'
watercolour and bodycolour on paper
6 5/8 x 10½in. (16.8 x 26.7cm.)
The Arctic Dandies, Melville Island, 1819-1820
inscribed 'The Arctic Dandies during their residence on Melville Island, 1819-1820 / Drawn by Captain Sabine & partly coloured by him in 1822, completed by Edward Noble his godson in 1906'
watercolour and bodycolour on paper
6 5/8 x 10½in. (16.8 x 26.7cm.)
Provenance
Anon. sale, Sotheby's Belgravia, 14 May 1974, lot 37.
Engraved
The Graphic, 20 January 1877 ('Arctic Dandies, or New Georgian Fashions for February, 1820.')
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