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Landscape, Nature and Architecture

Technological improvements enabled Prince Albert to collect photographs of places that were significant to him

SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS INGLEFIELD (1820-94)

An Inuit man with a harpoon, inflated seal skin bladder and his Kyack : 'Esquimaux carrying Kyack'

Jun 1854Jul 1854

Albumen print | 15.7 x 20.1 cm (image) | RCIN 2510473

Photograph of a male Inuit standing and carrying a Kyack in his right hand. In his left hand, he holds a paddle. On the back of the Kyack is a seal skin bladder.

The photograph gives the impression that the Kyack is being held aloft by the male subject, however, the boulder that the back of the Kyack is supported on and that can be seen on the original collodion negative, has been masked out.
  • Creator(s)

    Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94) (photographer)

  • 15.7 x 20.1 cm (image)

  • Esquimaux carrying Kyack [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot in search of Sir John Franklin 1854].

  • Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert by Captain Edward Augustus Inglefield in 1854

  • Subject(s)
    • Places
      • Arctic territories
        • Arctic regions
        • Greenland
    • Natural Sciences & Mathematics
      • Biological sciences
        • Anthropology, Nationality & People
          • Inuit
      • Zoology
        • Animals
          • Mammals
            • Carnivorous mammals
              • Seals (mammals)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Vessels (marine)
          • Boats
            • Canoes