BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-1876
BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-1876

A collection of 22 hand-painted lantern slides telling the story of the expedition, some with captions in chalk on the mount or, more rarely, in the slide. A few slides affected by flaking or rubbing off of the paint.

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BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-1876
A collection of 22 hand-painted lantern slides telling the story of the expedition, some with captions in chalk on the mount or, more rarely, in the slide. A few slides affected by flaking or rubbing off of the paint.
3in. (8.2cm.) square.
The series includes scenes from eskimo life, the man-hauling of a ship through the ice floes, prayers before the start of a sledge journey, a sledge and its equipment, a sleeping tent, hunting for seal and polar bears, lighting a beacon, a curling rink, H.M.S. Alert steaming away from the ice on the voyage home. (22)