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SIR EDWARD AUGUSTUS INGLEFIELD (1820-94)

The Governor of Lieveley with his wife and children : 'Son, Governor of Lievely, wife and babe'

Jul 1854

Albumen print | 15.9 x 18.9 cm (image) | RCIN 2510466

Photograph of a group portrait showing the Governor of Lieveley seated on the left and holding his infant son with his wife, seated on the right, who holds a baby on her lap. The Governor appears to be formally dressed with a jacket and overcoat and his wife wears a dress with a white ruff at the neck.

  • Creator(s)

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

  • 15.9 x 18.9 cm (image)

  • The Governor of Lieveley with his wife and children [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]
    Object type(s)
      • visual works
        • photographs
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