Landing the treasures, or, Results of the polar expedition!!! [graphic] / [anchor symbol] ; G. Cruikshank fect.
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [18 January 1819]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.5 x 60 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below image.
Print signed using Frederick Marryat's device: An anchor tilted diagonally. - Abstract:
- "A procession headed by John Ross extends from the coast (right), where Esquimaux dogs swim ashore from a boat, to the gate of the British Museum, part of which is on the extreme left ..." (Source: British Museum catalogue). Print shows items brought from Captain John Ross' expedition to Baffin Bay being delivered to the British Museum.
- Variant Titles:
- Results of the polar expedition!!!
- Topics:
- Curiosities & wonders--England--1810-1820
Expeditions & surveys--England--1810-1820
Parades & processions
Polar bears. - Topics:
- Banks, Joseph,--1743-1820--Caricatures and cartoons.
British Museum--1810-1820.
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773?-1831?, publisher.
Leach, William Elford,--1790-1836--Caricatures and cartoons.
Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848, artist.
Ross, James Clark,--Sir,--1800-1862--Caricatures and cartoons.
Ross, John,--Sir,--1777-1856--Caricatures and cartoons.
Sabine, Edward,--Sir,--1788-1883--Caricatures and cartoons. - Genre:
- Artists' devices.
Cartoons (Commentary)--British--1810-1820.
Etchings--England--London--1819.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1819. - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Call Number:
- 819.01.18.01++
- Orbis Record:
- 14079857
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr37434
- Citation:
- Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9, no. 13194
Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonneĢ, 1303
Reid, G.W. A descriptive catalogue of the works of George Cruikshank, 868 - OID:
- 16737782
- PID:
- digcoll:4711078
