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)
H.M.S. Phoenix and H.M.S. Diligence, Lieveley : 'Lievely; 'Phoenix' and 'Talbot''
1854Albumen print | 14.1 x 19.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2510483
Photograph of the harbour at Lieveley, now known as Godhavn, on the south west coast of Disko Island off Greenland. In the centre of the picture is HMS Phoenix and to the right of the picture is HMS Diligence. Both ships as used by Sir Edward Inglefield during the search for Sir John Franklin. Snow capped mountains stand in the background.
Creator(s)
Sir Edward Augustus Inglefield (1820-94) (photographer)
Subject(s)
HMS Diligence (storeship, launched 1814; sold 1904)Phoenix (HMS)14.1 x 19.8 cm (image)
HMS's Phoenix and Diligence in the harbour, Lieveley, Greenland, 1854 [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
- Polar regions
- Arctic territories
- Arctic regions
- Greenland [Denmark]
- Disko [Greenland]
- Qeqertarsuaq [Disko Island]
- Disko [Greenland]
- Arctic territories
- Polar regions
- Science, Medicine and Technology
- Engineering & Technology
- Vessels (marine)
- Ships
- Waterway engineering
- Harbours
- Vessels (marine)
- Engineering & Technology
Object type(s)
- visual works
- photographs
- Places
