ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE BACK (1796-1878), LIEUTENANT HOOD and E. N. KENDALL . A collection of 'proof' engravings from Sir John Franklin's first and second Arctic expeditions and Back's Great Fish River expedition. London: John Murray 1823-1836. 20 plates (sheet size: 299 x 395mm.; plate size: 227 x 276mm. or 181 x 256mm). 17 uncoloured on india paper mounted (14 line engravings, 3 aquatint) and 3 hand-coloured (1 line engraving, 2 aquatint). (Neat repairs to seven plates.) Unbound. [ With :] A cut down and mounted steel-engraved portrait of Back, by E.Finden after R.Woodman, published by John Murray dated 1828, 80 x 120mm. Framed and glazed. Sabin notes large paper copies, with proofs on india paper, of Franklin's Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea and Back's Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River , but not for Franklin's first expedition. However this collection appears to have been printed by the publisher with no intention that they should be bound: it is possible that they form part of a set of proofs prepared for Sir George Back illustrating the expeditions in which he took part. Of particular interest is a variant of Abbey's plate 52 (by E.N.Kendall, titled 'Esquimaux encampment on Richard's Island'), but here by Back, titled 'Esquimaux encampment on Richar's Island'. The collection comprises: Seven plates from Back's Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition (London: 1836), all line engravings, on india paper, mounted. Numbers 1, 4, 6-8, 11 and 13 according to the Directions for placing the Plates . Nine plates from Franklin's Narrative of a Journey to the shores of the Polar Sea (London: 1823), 6 uncoloured plates (3 line engravings and 3 aquatints, all on india paper, mounted); 3 hand-coloured plates (2 aquatint and 1 line engraving). Abbey Travel 635 nos.3-4, 6-7, 18, 26, 29-31. Four plates from Franklin's Narrative of a Second Expedition... (London: 1828), all line engravings, on india paper, mounted. Abbey Travel 635 nos.48, 52 (variant), 54 and 57. (21)
ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE BACK (1796-1878), LIEUTENANT HOOD and E. N. KENDALL . A collection of 'proof' engravings from Sir John Franklin's first and second Arctic expeditions and Back's Great Fish River expedition. London: John Murray 1823-1836. 20 plates (sheet size: 299 x 395mm.; plate size: 227 x 276mm. or 181 x 256mm). 17 uncoloured on india paper mounted (14 line engravings, 3 aquatint) and 3 hand-coloured (1 line engraving, 2 aquatint). (Neat repairs to seven plates.) Unbound. [ With :] A cut down and mounted steel-engraved portrait of Back, by E.Finden after R.Woodman, published by John Murray dated 1828, 80 x 120mm. Framed and glazed. Sabin notes large paper copies, with proofs on india paper, of Franklin's Narrative of a Second Expedition to the Shores of the Polar Sea and Back's Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition to the Mouth of the Great Fish River , but not for Franklin's first expedition. However this collection appears to have been printed by the publisher with no intention that they should be bound: it is possible that they form part of a set of proofs prepared for Sir George Back illustrating the expeditions in which he took part. Of particular interest is a variant of Abbey's plate 52 (by E.N.Kendall, titled 'Esquimaux encampment on Richard's Island'), but here by Back, titled 'Esquimaux encampment on Richar's Island'. The collection comprises: Seven plates from Back's Narrative of the Arctic Land Expedition (London: 1836), all line engravings, on india paper, mounted. Numbers 1, 4, 6-8, 11 and 13 according to the Directions for placing the Plates . Nine plates from Franklin's Narrative of a Journey to the shores of the Polar Sea (London: 1823), 6 uncoloured plates (3 line engravings and 3 aquatints, all on india paper, mounted); 3 hand-coloured plates (2 aquatint and 1 line engraving). Abbey Travel 635 nos.3-4, 6-7, 18, 26, 29-31. Four plates from Franklin's Narrative of a Second Expedition... (London: 1828), all line engravings, on india paper, mounted. Abbey Travel 635 nos.48, 52 (variant), 54 and 57. (21)
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