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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 |
| Printed |
| Term | Explorers |
| Arctic regions |
| Geographical exploration |
| Franklin Expedition (1845) |
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