HMS Alert and Discovery in the Arctic

Name: William Frederick Mitchell (Calshot 1845-1914 Ryde)
Brand: HMS Alert and Discovery in the Arctic
Price: 4000.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 5,000

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GBP 4,000 - GBP 6,000

Closed: 10 Jun 2020

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William Frederick Mitchell (Calshot 1845-1914 Ryde)

HMS Alert and Discovery in the Arctic

Price Realised GBP 5,000

Closed: 10 Jun 2020

Price Realised GBP 5,000

Closed: 10 Jun 2020

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William Frederick Mitchell (Calshot 1845-1914 Ryde)
HMS Alert and Discovery in the Arctic
signed and dated ‘W F Mitchell 1875’ (lower right) and numbered '729' (lower left), numbered and titled '729 "Alert" and "Discovery"' (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper
20 x 29 in. (50.8 x 73.7 cm.)

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Lot Essay

Captain George Nares's British Arctic Expedition was sent out by the Admiralty in 1875 to seek a passage to the North Pole via Smith Sound. HMS was a 17-gun Royal Navy wooden screw sloop launched in 1856, and HMS a Dundee-built wooden whaler, bought by the Admiralty in 1874 and converted for exploration with a barque rig and steam engine. The ships did not reach the Pole but explored the coasts of Greenland and Ellesmere Island; the reached a record latitude of 82° North, and Markham's sledging party claimed a record Farthest North of 83° 20' 26"N. The expedition returned early to Portsmouth in November 1876, the poorly provisioned crews suffering badly from scurvy after overwintering in the ice.
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