Lot Essay
The Lodge on the left housed Peary and his wife, servants and exhibition members and Stokes's studio stands next to it, on Falcon Harbour below Mount Bartlett.
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The Studio and Anniversary Lodge, Bowdoin Bay, Greenland
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Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858-1955)
The Studio and Anniversary Lodge, Bowdoin Bay, Greenland
signed, inscribed and dated 'F.W. Stokes/July 23, 1894/Lodge "Valhalla" Studio/The Studio &/Anniversary Lodge/July 23, 1894', extensively inscribed on the reverse
oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed
10½ x 21in. (26.7 x 52.3cm.)
The Studio and Anniversary Lodge, Bowdoin Bay, Greenland
signed, inscribed and dated 'F.W. Stokes/July 23, 1894/Lodge "Valhalla" Studio/The Studio &/Anniversary Lodge/July 23, 1894', extensively inscribed on the reverse
oil on canvas, unstretched and unframed
10½ x 21in. (26.7 x 52.3cm.)