Sujet

Abandonment of the "Resolute" and "Intrepid", May 15th 1854, (1857). Creator: M & N Hanhart.

Légende

Abandonment of the "Resolute" and "Intrepid", May 15th 1854, (1857). Timbers from the Resolute were later used to construct the Resolute desk which was presented to the President of the United States, It was made in 1880 and is still in use in the White House Oval Office. Page 464 of "The eventful voyage of H.M. Discovery Ship 'Resolute' to the Arctic Regions in search of Sir J. Franklin. ... To which is added an account of her being fallen in with by an American Whaler after her abandonment ... and of her presentation to Queen Victoria by the Government of the United States". [London, England, 1857]

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A23_487

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,4Mo (1,9Mo) / 42,0cm x 29,5cm / 4960 x 3479 (300dpi)

Mots clés

transport transportation ocean season people male library man men timber frozen cold arts ice desk icy art guy ship ships British geography color Arctic supply lumber century Britain stuck print furniture expedition supplies concept search searching printing pack ice British Library Arctic Ocean wintry Colour resolute 19th century water transport logistics lithograph nineteenth century search party geographical feature Northwest Passage lithography winter M & N Hanhart John Franklin John Franklin Sir John Franklin Hanhart M & N lithotint Sir John Heritage Art 19th-century lithographic Hayes desk Resolute Desk Monograph George Frederick McDougall McDougall George Frederick