Lot 138
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Lieutenant Walter William May (1830-1896)
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Lieutenant Walter William May (1830-1896)

Perilous situation of H.M.S.V. Intrepid in Baffins Bay - August 2. 1851.; and H.M.S.V. Intrepid marooned on an iceberg

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Lieutenant Walter William May (1830-1896)
Perilous situation of H.M.S.V. Intrepid in Baffins Bay - August 2. 1851.; and H.M.S.V. Intrepid marooned on an iceberg
the first inscribed as titled, the second signed 'WW May' (lower right)
the first pen and ink and watercolour heightened with white on paper , the second grey wash heightened with white on paper
7 x 10 5/8in. (17.7 x 27cm.) and smaller (2)
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Lot Essay

May, an amateur artist who illustrated numerous Arctic subjects, was mate on HMS Resolute on the Franklin Search Expedition of 1850-51 (for which see note to the preceding lot). The ships had been frozen in the ice from September 1850 and were finally released on 8 August 1851. May's skecthes depict the Intrepid in the throes of the thawing ice, a few days before her release.

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