Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858-1955) , Sentinel Nunatak, Head of Bowdoin Bay, Greenland, Oct. 26, 1893; Return of Arctic Day, Feb. 10, 1894, Head of Bowdoin Bay, looking south from Peary's headquarters; Bowdoin Bay, looking south, Greenland, April 15, 1894; and Arctic Day, April 8, 1894, Bowd | Christie's

Sale 6015

Exploration and Travel

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17 September 1998

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Lot 154

Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858-1955)

Sentinel Nunatak, Head of Bowdoin Bay, Greenland, Oct. 26, 1893; Return of Arctic Day, Feb. 10, 1894, Head of Bowdoin Bay, looking south from Peary's headquarters; Bowdoin Bay, looking south, Greenland, April 15, 1894; and Arctic Day, April 8, 1894, Bowd

Price realised

GBP 575

Estimate

GBP 1,000 - GBP 1,500

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Frank Wilbert Stokes (1858-1955)
Sentinel Nunatak, Head of Bowdoin Bay, Greenland, Oct. 26, 1893; Return of Arctic Day, Feb. 10, 1894, Head of Bowdoin Bay, looking south from Peary's headquarters; Bowdoin Bay, looking south, Greenland, April 15, 1894; and Arctic Day, April 8, 1894, Bowdoin Bay, Greenland, at 11pm.
all dated as titled and inscribed on the backing boards
oil on canvas board
5½ x 9in. (13.9 x 22.9cm.) (4)
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Literature and exhibited

Exhibited

London, 1895, nos. 59, 35, 49 and 47.
New York, 1925-6, nos. 99, 85, 86, 109.
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