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Title

Group of Eskimaux at Igloolik.

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Item (linked) part of

Etchings and engravings of Esquimaux after drawings by Capt. G.F. Lyon (R13133-157-7-E)

Date(s)

c. 1824

Place of creation

United Kingdom

Publisher

John Murray

Extent

1 print / estampe : etching, proof before lettering 22.6 x 27.4 cm (plate mark).
Support: 43.800 x 30.500 cm
Platemark: 27.500 x 22.500 cm

Scope and content

Etching from a drawing by Capt. G.F. Lyon, based on Parry's arctic expedition of 1821-23. Image depicts four Eskimo people (one of which is a child) standing in a group, dressed in local costume. On the right is a faint outline of a small, three-masted ship.

Conditions of access

Graphic (art)
Copy negative C-133836

90: Open

Graphic (art)

90: Open

Volume
10 Item no. assigned by LAC 151

90: Open

Archival reference no.

R13133-160-7-E

Terms of use

Credit: Library and Archives Canada, acc. no. R13133-151
Copyright: expired

Additional name(s)

Artist: Lyon, George Francis, 1795-1832,

Additional information

Copy negative number: C-133836 Inventory number, Lyon artist file: II-19

Publication: Work published in W.E. Parry, "Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a North-West Passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23 in His Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla" (London: John Murray, 1824).

Exhibitions note

Exhibition title: The Light That Fills the World.

Subject heading

1. costume.
2. Inuit.
3. SUBJ - NATIVES, INUIT - COSTUMES.

Source

Private

MIKAN no.

2883508