Ross Expedition | "Erebus" and "Terror" in the ice, 1844, signed by Fitch, framed with wood from HMS Terror

Lot 256
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Lot 256 | Ross Expedition | "Erebus" and "Terror" in the ice, 1844, signed by Fitch, framed with wood from HMS Terror
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£ 12 000 – 15 000
HMS Erebus and HMS Terror trapped in the ice

large watercolour and gouache on paper, signed and inscribed lower left ("W. Fitch from a sketch | by | J.E. Davis Esq. | 1844"), framed and glazed

A DRAMATIC VISUAL DEPICTION OF THE SHIPS FROM JAMES CLARK ROSS'S ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, FRAMED WITH WOOD FROM H.M.S. TERROR. A brass plaque on the frame reads "This frame is made from | the Rudder of the HMS Terror | torn from the stern post by the | Ice in Lat 76.40S. Long. 158.00W | 20 Jany 1842".
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