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Record Shot - Do not reproduce.
Tile
Despatch balloon message
Record Shot - Do not reproduce.
Despatch balloon message
G4272; A wooden bridge over a river with people perhaps washing clothes on the bank in the middle distance. The location is probably Holsteinsborg, where there is a small river close to the town. Masked by paper on the emulsion side of the negative.
Bridge across river (Glass plate negative)
G4273; A view of a rocky escarpment or outcrop with pockets of snow at an unidentified location. The photograph may possibly show coal seams - Inglefield spent several days looking for sources of coal and taking samples and sent a report to the Admiralty about brief experiments conducted onboard. 'The Times' reported on 5 October 1854 that Captain Inglefield had discovered a coal mine on the Waygat side of the Island of Disco, from which 80 tons of coal were taken on board, free of expense.
Rocky escarpment, Greenland (Glass plate negative)
G4263; A group photograph believed to be of Hans Elberg, Assistant [Lieutenant Governor] at Holsteinborg 1850-54, and later Governor 1854-73, with his wife Martha and three children. Their clothes represent a fusion between Inuit and Nordic clothing. Phoenix visited Holsteinborg between 8 and 17 June 1854.
Hans Elberg and family (Glass plate negative)
G4264; An Inuit women, possibly a nurse, carrying a baby in a sling on her back, and a second woman standing beside her with hands raised to the nurse's shoulder. There is some masking paper on the emulsion side of the negative, and evidence of the background having been masked in the past. It is not known where this group was photographed. The Phoenix visited four settlements along the west coast of Greenland: Holsteinborg, Godhavn, Proven, and Upernarvick between 8 June and 21 July 1854.
Two Inuit women with baby (Glass plate negative)
G4268; An Inuit man dressed in European clothes with three Inuit women in traditional clothing. The upper garment of the woman on the right may be knitted wool (like the ones worn by the Danish official and his sons in G4263) and may represent a fusion between Inuit and Nordic clothing. The Inglefield Album held by the Royal Archives records that the people in the photograph are (l-r) Mother, Daughter, Fiance, and Sister-in-Law.
An Inuit group in Inuit and European clothes. (Glass plate negative)
G4270; An elderly Inuit woman with two Inuit men, standing, in outdoor clothing made from seal skin. The jacket of the man on the left has toggles made from ivory. The elderly woman is also featured in image G4269. There is some masking paper on the emulsion side of the negative. It is not known where this group was photographed. The Phoenix visited four settlements along the west coast of Greenland: Holsteinborg, Godhavn, Proven, and Upernarvick between 8 June and 21 July 1854.
Portrait of three Inuit (Glass plate negative)
G4269; A portrait photograph of an elderly Inuit woman seated on a chair looking at the camera. The backdrop may be a sail and there is evidence of paper masking on the emulsion. She seems to be wearing fine traditional clothing. This woman also features in image G4270. It is not known where the sitter was photographed. The Phoenix visited four settlements along the west coast of Greenland: Holsteinborg, Godhavn, Proven, and Upernarvick between 8 June and 21 July 1854.
Unidentified elderly Inuit woman (Glass plate negative)
Record Shot - Do not reproduce.
Block of H.M.S. 'Resolute' (Timber)
This Print Representing the Situation of Her Majesty's ships Resolute & Intrepid as they appeared in the Arctic Sea (where they had been sent in search of Sir John Franklin and his brave companions)... (Print)
This Print Representing the Situation of Her Majesty's ships Resolute & Intrepid as they appeared in the Arctic Sea (where they had been sent in search of Sir John Franklin and his brave companions)... (Print)
PAF7059; Belcher’s Franklin Expedition plate 2
Belcher's Franklin Expedition 1852/4. Loss of the McLellan. Drawing for plate 2 of set of 14 lithographs published 1 May 1855 (Drawing)
PAF7055; Cape Lady Franklin
Belcher's Franklin Expedition 1852/4. Division of sledges passing Cape Lady Franklin. Extraordinary masses of ice pressed against the water shore of Bathurst Island. Drawing for plate 10 of set of 14 lithographs published 1 May 1855 (Drawing)
Belcher's Franklin Expedition 1852/4. Sledge party returning through water in the month of July. Drawing for plate 13 of a set of 14 lithographs published 1 May 1855
Belcher's Franklin Expedition 1852/4. Sledge party returning through water in the month of July. Drawing for plate 13 of a set of 14 lithographs published 1 May 1855 (Drawing)
Belcher's Franklin Expedition 1852/4. Sledges in a fresh fair wind, going over hummocky lie. Drawing for plate XI of a set of 14 lithographs published 1 May 1855 (Drawing)
Perilous position of HMS Assistance and Pioneer on the evening of the 12th of October 1853, Disaster Bay (Print)
Division of sledges finding and cutting a road through heavy hummocks, in the Queen's Channel (Print)
Loss of the Mclellan (Print)
HMS Assistance in tow of Pioneer passing John Barrow Mount, North of Wellington Channel 1853 (Print)
HMS Assistance and Pioneer in Winter Quarters. Returning daylight (Print)
Franklin relics bought by Dr Rae (Print)
Division of sledges passing Cape Lady Franklin; extraordinary masses of ice pressed against the north shore of Bathurst Land
Division of sledges passing Cape Lady Franklin; extraordinary masses of ice pressed against the north shore of Bathurst Land (Print)