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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/6/1/4
Former Reference	D3311/85/14
Title	"The Arctic Council: An Historical Picture painted by Stephen Pearce, Esq,: The Descriptive Key " by W.R. O'Byrne (3 copies)
Date	1851
Description	The members of the so-called "Arctic Council" were identified by a key to a diagram of the painting (on the frontispiece), linking the 13 individuals to potted biographies of their careers from page 8 onwards. There is a brief outline of the history of the exploration of the North West Passage on pages 4-8. Published by Henry Graves and Company, London, 32 pages.
Extent	3 items
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Artwork
Format	Printed
Term	Explorers
	Arctic regions
	Geographical exploration
	Franklin Expedition (1845)