Lot 503
  • 503

Franklin search broadside--Austin, Horatio Thomas

Estimate
4,000 - 5,000 GBP
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Description

  • Captain Austin's Expedition in Search of Sir John Franklin. Intrepid. Resolute. Assistance. Pioneer. [London, c.1852]
  • silk
390 x 540mm., pictorial broadside, printed in red ink on linen, framed and glazed, decorative border very slightly trimmed

UNRECORDED. The broadside describes and illustrates the hydrogen balloons: “Sho

 

Provenance

Acquired from a descendant of Sophy Cracroft, niece and employed companion of Lady Franklin

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate
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