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 children and a Kyack : 'An Esquimaux with Kyack &c'
Jun 1854Jul 1854Albumen print | 15.4 x 19.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2510478
Photograph of a full length portrait of a male Esquimaux 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.
Creator(s)
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94) (photographer)
15.4 x 19.2 cm (image)
An Esquimaux with Kyack and children [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot search for 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
- Arctic territories
- Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Biological sciences
- Anthropology, Nationality & People
- Inuit
- Anthropology, Nationality & People
- Zoology
- Animals
- Mammals
- Carnivorous mammals
- Seals (mammals)
- Carnivorous mammals
- Mammals
- Animals
- Biological sciences
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Vessels (marine)
- Boats
- Canoes
- Boats
- Vessels (marine)
- Engineering & Technology
- Places