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Dr. Kane at the graves of Sir John Franklin's men.
1858
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Omega Project
Project Omega was conceived by the Library's Strategic Council - a scoped three year project aimed to facilitate the effective discovery and presentation of our collections, with a focus on the digitization of the Special Collections Graphic Arts backlog in Firestone library.
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Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
The Graphic Arts Collection holds prints, drawings, photographs, paintings, sculpture, and printed ephemera along with an international book collection specializing in fine press,
Metadata
- Call Number
- A Middle 30/Drawer 10/GC024/Full Folio/19th c./Artists M-Z GA 2008.00303
- Publisher
- 1858.
- People
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- Related Name
- Wandesforde, Juan Buckingham, 1817-1902
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Subject
- Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857—Portraits
- Physicians—United States—19th century—Portraits
- Sepulchral monuments—Canada—In art
- Arctic regions—History—19th century—In art
- Portraits, American—19th century
- Canada—History—19th century—In art
- Northwest Territories—History—19th century—In art
- Grinnell Expedition—In art
- Surgeons—United States—19th century—Portraits
- United States. Navy—Surgeons—19th century—Portraits
- United States. Navy—Officers—19th century—Portraits
- Explorers—United States—19th century—Portraits
- Glaciers—Canada—In art
- Portraits
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Item Summary
Descriptive Information
- Title
- Dr. Kane at the graves of Sir John Franklin's men.
- Call Number
- A Middle 30/Drawer 10/GC024/Full Folio/19th c./Artists M-Z GA 2008.00303
- Identifier
- ark:/88435/dcz890s647n
- Publisher
- 1858.
- Language
- No linguistic content
- Date Created
- 1858
- Extent
- 1 item ; sheet 74.9 x 53.8 cm.
- Rights Statement
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Notes
- Medium: Engravings
- Depiction: Full-length portrait of Kane dressed in fur, holding telescope, standing before several gravestones beside glacier; ship (the Advance) in harbor in background.
- Inscribed in plate, below: "For subscribers to the New York Albion, 1858".
- Signed in plate, lower right: "D.G. Thompson".
- Signed in plate, lower left: "J.B. Wandesforde".
Discovery Information
- Subject
- Kane, Elisha Kent, 1820-1857—Portraits
- Physicians—United States—19th century—Portraits
- Sepulchral monuments—Canada—In art
- Arctic regions—History—19th century—In art
- Portraits, American—19th century
- Canada—History—19th century—In art
- Northwest Territories—History—19th century—In art
- Grinnell Expedition—In art
- Surgeons—United States—19th century—Portraits
- United States. Navy—Surgeons—19th century—Portraits
- United States. Navy—Officers—19th century—Portraits
- Explorers—United States—19th century—Portraits
- Glaciers—Canada—In art
- Portraits
Physical Characteristics
- File Count
- 2
Institutional Information
- Collection
- Omega Project
- Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
- IIIF Manifest URL
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https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/d50d4150-7eb3-4d57-8ef8-91f2f80b3a77/manifest