A Buffalo Pound.

George Back (1796-1878)

Date

1823
Object Type

Prints
Medium

Engraving with applied watercolor
Contributors

Engraved by Edward Francis Finden

Published by John Murray
Dimensions

Image: 5 5/8 x 8 1/8 in.
Sheet: 6 5/8 x 8 3/16 in.
Edition

Sir John Franklin
Inscriptions

Recto:
u.c. ghost image: OF THE POLAR SEA [1-]3
l.l.: Drawn by Lieut. Back, R.N.\ [in graphite] From: Narrative of a Journey to Shores of the Polar Sea.
l.c.: A BUFFALO POUND. \Feb. 8, 1820.\ Published March 1823; by John Murray, London.
l.r.: Engraved by Edwd. Finden.
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1964.48
Copyright

Public domain

Location: Off view

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