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SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS INGLEFIELD (1820-94)

Inuit man with man and wife

1854

Albumen print | 16.3 x 20.4 cm (image) | RCIN 2510476

Photograph in three-quarters length of three Inuit, comprising two men and a woman. On the right of the photograph stands a husband who has his left arm around his wife. All of the group face the viewer.

  • Creator(s)

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

    Subject(s)

    Inuit

  • 16.3 x 20.4 cm (image)

  • [Historic Title] 'Esquimaux man with man and wife' [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
      • Polar regions
        • Arctic territories
          • Arctic regions
          • Greenland [Denmark]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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