Back, George, Sir

Stockport (Angleterre), Royaume-Uni, 1796 - Londres (Angleterre), Royaume-Uni, 1878

Admiral Sir George Back FRS (6 November 1796 – 23 June 1878) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer of the Canadian Arctic, naturalist and artist. [ 1 ] He was born in Stockport.

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Artist’s artwork(s)

6 artwork(s) in our collections

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  L'Expédition débarquant dans une tempête, 23 août 1821, extrait de l'ouvrage Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea de John Franklin

  Finden, Edward Francis, Back, George, Sir, Murray, John

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  L'Expédition doublant le cap Barrow, 25 juillet 1821, extrait de l'ouvrage Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea de John Franklin

  Finden, Edward Francis, Back, George, Sir, Murray, John

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  Façon de faire un campement durant une nuit d'hiver, 15 mars 1820, extrait de l'ouvrage Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea de John Franklin

  Finden, Edward Francis, Back, George, Sir, Murray, John

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  Rive nord du lac Great Slave, extrait de l'ouvrage Narrative of the Arctic land expedition to the mouth of the Great Fish River de George Back

  Finden, Edward Francis, Back, George, Sir, Murray, John

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  L'Océan Arctique vu de l'embouchure du fleuve Coppermine, au milieu de la nuit, 20 juillet 1821, extrait de l'ouvrage Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea de John Franklin

  Finden, Edward Francis, Back, George, Sir, Murray, John

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  Junius et Augustus, portraits de deux interprètes esquimaux, extrait de l'ouvrage Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea de John Franklin

  Inconnu, d'après Sir George Back, Back, George, Sir, Murray, John

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