Northern expedition : just arrived from Baffin's Bay, to be seen, at no. 183 Piccadilly (opposite Burlington House,) the only two esquimaux indians, (male and female), brought to England from the frozen regions of the North ...

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[between 1822 and 1970]
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Northern expedition : just arrived from Baffin's Bay, to be seen, at no. 183 Piccadilly (opposite Burlington House,) the only two esquimaux indians, (male and female), brought to England from the frozen regions of the North ... Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

This appears to be a print (photocopy?) from a tracing of a leaflet advertising an exhibition in London of an eskimo couple in native costumes who danced and demonstrated tradtional hunting techniques. The couple were exhibited in Hull in1822.

Publication/Creation

[between 1822 and 1970]

Physical description

1 sheet ; 25 x 17 cm

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Copy 1. Printed on very thin paper which has turned brown and brittle. Much has been lost but the remainder has been profesionally mounted onto paper.

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