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Frederick Marryat
1792-1848
Landin the treasures, or, Results of the polar expedition / [Marryat del.] ; G. Cruikshank fect.
hand colored engraving
7 1/2 x 20 7/8 inches; with border: 8 5/8 x 21 5/8 inches
Peel 2024
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Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
Summary:
An enormously tall pole projects from a rocky mound seen against a background of sea and icebergs. A sailor with a Union flag has climbed nearly to the top; at the base is a little group of sailors, waving their hats, who have just scaled the mound.
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