Prince Albert collected photographs of places significant to him
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94)
An Inuit man with Kyac and children Jun 1854Jul 1854
Albumen print | 15.4 x 19.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2510478
![An Esquimaux with Kyack and children [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot search for Sir John Franklin, 1854]](https://albert.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/9/8/643536-1479296370.jpg?itok=axIuLYSQ "An Esquimaux with Kyack and children [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot search for Sir John Franklin, 1854]")
Photograph of a full length portrait of a male Inuit standing, facing the viewer and holding a spear in his left hand. A Kyack is lying over rocks at his feet. A young boy is seated in the front of the Kyack and another boy stands at the end of the Kyack. Various accesories are placed on top of the Kyack, including a seal skin bladder that was used as a bouyancy aid, at the front of the kyack.
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Creator(s)
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94) (photographer)
Subject(s)
Inuit -
15.4 x 19.2 cm (image)
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[Historic Title] An Esquimaux with Kyack &c [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot search for Sir John Franklin, 1854].
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Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert by Captain Edward Augustus Inglefield in 1854
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Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
Subject(s)
- Places
- Polar regions
- Arctic territories
- Arctic regions
- Greenland [Denmark]
- Arctic territories
- Polar regions
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Vessels (marine)
- Boats
- Canoes
- Boats
- Vessels (marine)
- Engineering & Technology
- People
- Boys
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Carnivorous mammals
- Seals (mammals)
- Carnivorous mammals
- Mammals
- Animals
- Zoology
- visual works
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