Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Fall of the Barrow.
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Accession number:
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02296
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Record number:
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02296-18
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JCB call number:
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D824 P265j / 1-SIZE
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Image title:
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Fall of the Barrow.
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Creator 1:
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George Francis Lyon
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Creator 1 dates:
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1795-1832
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Creator 1 role:
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Drawn by
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Creator 2:
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Edward Francis Finden
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Creator 2 dates:
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1791-1857
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Creator 2 role:
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Engraved by
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Place image published:
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London
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Image publisher:
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John Murray
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Image date:
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1824
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Image function:
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plate; vol. 2, following p. 266
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Technique:
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steel engraving
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Image dimension height:
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14.8 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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20.9 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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27.1 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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20.5 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Description:
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Two European men stand on a shore in front of a waterfall. One shoots at birds with a gun. Other European men stand at the head of the falls. Includes dog.
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Source creator:
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Parry, William Edward, Sir, 1790-1855
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Source Title:
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Journal of a second voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific; performed in the years 1821-22-23, in his Majesty's ships Fury and Hecla, under the orders of William Edward Parry, ...
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Source place of publication:
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London
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Source publisher:
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John Murray, Publisher to the Admiralty, and Board of Longitude.
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Source date:
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MDCCCXXIV. [1824]
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notes:
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Parry named the river in which the falls were found after Mr. Barrow, Secretary to the Admiralty. Text notes the freshness of the water and the plentiful game.William Parry's first independent expedition to find a northwest passage left in 1819 to try to meet John Franklin coming over land. His ships were the first British ones to enter the Arctic Archipelago, and he was the first to reach 110o W longitude. He stayed on Melville Island (named for Viscount Melville) until August 1, 1820, sailed a little farther south and west, then returned to England. He proved that it was possible to winter over in the Arctic and showed that one would have to navigate through an archipelago to find a northwest passage. The second expedition left in April of 1821; two winters were passed in the Arctic and much knowledge of the Inuit was gained, but ice blocked any discovery of a passage.Image placed horizontally on page.
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Time Period:
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1801-1850
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Provenance/Donor:
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Acquired before 1874.
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Arctic
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Hunting
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Subject headings:
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Arctic regions
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Subject headings:
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Canada, northern
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Subject headings:
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Waterfalls
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Subject headings:
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Northwest Passage
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