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Arctic Artist

The Journal and Paintings of George Back, Midshipman with Franklin, 1819-1822

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Buch | Hardcover
432 Seiten
1994
McGill-Queen's University Press (Verlag)
978-0-7735-1181-1 (ISBN)
87,25 inkl. MwSt
An account of Sir John Franklin's tragic first expedition to the Arctic. It is of interest to Franklin and Arctic enthusiasts, and to Canadian studies, northern studies, art history, and anthropology specialists.
Back's journal is particularly valuable because it is the only one that records the entire expedition; Franklin himself relied on it for his own published account of the journey. Both the journal and Back's earlier notes have been edited by Houston, who provides an introduction and extensive annotations, as well as synopses of the frank comments regarding the expedition recorded in the various journals of the Hudson's Bay fur trade posts. I.S. MacLaren's commentary on Back's paintings reveals a midshipman-artist of exceptional talent. Conversant with the artistic conventions and aesthetic temper of his age, Back used his sketch-books not only to depict the expedition's progress but also to capture his imaginative response to the northern wilderness. MacLaren edits and comments on two other documents written by Back during the expedition: a candid letter to his brother and a poem dramatizing the disaster that claimed the lives of eleven of the twenty explorers in Franklin's party. Arctic Artist will be of interest to Franklin and Arctic enthusiasts, and to Canadian studies, northern studies, art history, and anthropology specialists.

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Erscheint lt. Verlag 25.10.1994
Reihe/Serie Rupert's Land Record Society Series
Zusatzinfo 40 colour and 10 b&w photog
Verlagsort Montreal
Sprache englisch
Maße 191 x 267 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Literatur Briefe / Tagebücher
Kunst / Musik / Theater
Sachbuch/Ratgeber Geschichte / Politik
Reisen Reiseberichte Nord- / Mittelamerika
Reisen Reiseberichte Welt / Arktis / Antarktis
Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Geografie / Kartografie
ISBN-10 0-7735-1181-4 / 0773511814
ISBN-13 978-0-7735-1181-1 / 9780773511811
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