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Slide set: Arctic views: or, the Arctic expedition of 1875-6 (lecture: Theobald & Co., 12 slides, in/before 1889)

Descriptive data for this set (listed below slide images)
Slide 1
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh inspecting the Ships
Slide 2
Cape Farewell
Slide 3
Dr Kane's Eskimo Friends
Slide 4
The Alert pressed on shore in Rodmore Harbour
Slide 5
High Street; main road between the 'Alert' and the 'Discovery'
Slide 6
The Fifth of November as kept by the crew of the 'Alert'
Slide 7
Sunday morning on the 'Alert'
Slide 8
Sledge Travelling -- A Halt for Lunch or Dinner
Slide 9
Sledge Travelling -- Hauling a Sledge to Cape Rawson
Slide 10
Cutting a way through the Ice
Slide 11
The 'Alert' Homeward Bound
Slide 12
Return of the Ships to Portsmouth
Other related organisations

in stock of J. Brandon Medland, 1889

in stock of Theobald & Co., 1893

in stock of E.G. Wood, 1894

in stock of James Lancaster & Son, 1897

in stock of George Houghton & Son, 1903 (item ref. 761)

Main type of image
drawing / painting / print
Main usage of set
lecture
Retail price
12s. (Medland) in 1889; 5s. (Wood) in 1894
Date of first manufacture
unknown  (latest possible 1889)
Reading or song
Related slide set

possibly same as The Arctic Expedition of 1875-6 (lecture: J. Barnard & Son, 12 slides, n.d.)

People appearing in slides

EDINBURGH, Duke of   (1844-1900) – slide 1

EDWARD VII, King   (1841-1910) – slide 1

Notes
The slide titles and reading match those for the Barnard set The Arctic Expedition of 1875-6. This may suggest that Theobald took over publication of this set at some stage, or there may be another explanation.
Collections

12 slides known to exist in private collection

4 slides known to exist in private collection

Lucerna ID  3005741

Record created by Richard Crangle. Last updated 16 February 2019

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