Situation of H.M. Ships Hecla and Fury August 1, 1825 RMG PU6104.jpg
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Summary
| Author |
Edward Francis Finden (engraver); Head (artist); Murray, John (publisher) |
| Description |
English: Situation of H.M. Ships Hecla & Fury August 1, 1825 Print depicting the situation of the Hecla and the Fury, which took part in Parry's attempt to discover a N/W passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific, on the 1st August, 1825. Most of the image is taken up by a colossal ice cliff which dwarfs the boats below it. An impression of this print appears as the frontispiece to the account by Parry of this voyage. The Fury is probably on the right of the picture. |
| Date | 1825 |
| Dimensions | Mount: 7 3/8 in x 5 3/4 in |
| Notes | Box Title: Fighting Ships 1814-1824. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/110255 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | id number: PAD6104 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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| current | 21:34, 25 September 2017 | | 988 × 1,280 (1.36 MB) | wikimediacommons>Fæ | Royal Museums Greenwich Fine art (1825), http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/110255 #3337 |
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