British Arctic Expedition Interest
A Rare set of 12 Hand Painted Magic Lantern Slides, c.1880s

A collection of12 3 1/4" finely hand painted, exceptionally rare magic lantern slides, 11 housed in mahogany frames with contemporary paper labels affixed and titles in manuscript ink. Comprising: No.1 H.M.S Discovery and H.M.S Alert from the British Polar Expedition of 1875-76; No.2 The Crow's Nest; No.3 The Dangers of the North, a Shipwreck by an Iceberg; No.4 Preparing for a Sledge Journey; No.5 [missing mahogany frame and title] a ship trapped in ice, with its crew scattered about on the sea ice; No.6 Fight with a Polar Bear; No.7 The Ice Saw; No.8 The H.M.S. Erebus & H.M.S. Terror in the Ice, from the 1845 British Arctic Expedition led by Franklin; No.9 The Aurora Borealis; No.10 Halos in the Artic Region; No.11 Lively Harbour, Disko Island; and No.12 Cape of Pillars, Prince Rudolf Island.

(Quantity:12)