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Rear Admiral Sir James Clark Ross, DCL, FRS, by Alexander Scott
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After Stephen Pearce (1819-1904)
Rear Admiral Sir James Clark Ross, DCL, FRS, by Alexander Scott
engraved beneath the title 'From the Original Portrait placed in the Royal Hospital Greenwich by several Naval Officers & Scientific Men, in honour of his great Discoveries, & Achievements in the Arctic, and the Antarctic Regions. North Magnetic Pole Discovered 1st June 1831 -- Highest South Latitude (78°11) attained 23rd Feb 1842.'
handcoloured mezzotint
20¾ x 16¼in. (52.7 x 41.3cm.)
with an autograph letter signed by Ross to H.W. Pickersgill, Whitgift Hall, 15 December 1849, on a misunderstanding about sending a picture to him, and referring to an engraving which has been 'greatly admired & the likeness pronounced ... perfect', 2 pages, 8vo (minor staining and wear at inner margin). (2)
Rear Admiral Sir James Clark Ross, DCL, FRS, by Alexander Scott
engraved beneath the title 'From the Original Portrait placed in the Royal Hospital Greenwich by several Naval Officers & Scientific Men, in honour of his great Discoveries, & Achievements in the Arctic, and the Antarctic Regions. North Magnetic Pole Discovered 1st June 1831 -- Highest South Latitude (78°11) attained 23rd Feb 1842.'
handcoloured mezzotint
20¾ x 16¼in. (52.7 x 41.3cm.)
with an autograph letter signed by Ross to H.W. Pickersgill, Whitgift Hall, 15 December 1849, on a misunderstanding about sending a picture to him, and referring to an engraving which has been 'greatly admired & the likeness pronounced ... perfect', 2 pages, 8vo (minor staining and wear at inner margin). (2)