Arrival at the North Pole [graphic]

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Title: Arrival at the North Pole [graphic]
Creator: Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
Contributor: McLean, T. publisher.
Published / Created: Augt. 1st, 1835.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Abstract: "Reissue of a print published by Humphrey, 25 June 1819. 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. One, a stout officer, is Ross; climbing up the rock is a black servant. See No. 13194, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from caption below image.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xxii.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.8 x 14 cm, on sheet 27 x 22 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1835
Etchings England London 1835
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): North Pole.
Subject (Topic): Flags
British
Icebergs
Sailors
Ships
Subjects: England > 1835
North Pole
Flags > British
Icebergs
Sailors > British
Ships > British
England > London > 1835

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