Sir John Ross (1777-1856)

Iceberg

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Sir John Ross (1777-1856)
Iceberg
inscribed 'Iceberg on Sir John Ross's Voyage/drawn by him' (on the mount)
watercolour with gold paint
4¾ x 8in. (12.1 x 20.3cm.)

Lot Essay

Ross's accounts of his first two voyages to the Arctic, searching for the Northwest Passage on the Isabella in 1818-19 and returning on the Victory in 1829-33 were published in 1819 and 1835 and both included illustrations engraved after his own sketches.

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