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Thomas Mitchell
"Alert" aground - Radmore Harbour, Rawlins Bay 80° 20’ N
1875
Albumen print
16.3 x 21.3 cm (image)
The Royal Collection
RCIN 2580173
LL/93202
Photograph of HMS Alert in middle distance leaning to the right, aground in ice : viewed across expanse of water in which the mountains forming the background are reflected. Signed by the photographer's inititals, lower left corner.
Presented to Queen Victoria by Captain George Nares (1831-1915) in 1876
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