Whalebone beach, Jan Mayen
Date
1882-1883
Creator
Richard Basso (Austrian) , Photographer
Object type
Library reference
R65125
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 121mm
width (print): 198mm
height (mount): 325mm
width (mount): 453mm
width (print): 198mm
height (mount): 325mm
width (mount): 453mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view of a beach on Jan Mayen with driftwood and whale bones. Two dogs are curled up in the foreground and the Austro-Hungarian Arctic Expedition’s ship, the Pola can be seen behind. The expedition was part of the first International Polar Year, 1882-1883. Jan Mayen had been used as a whaling base since the seventeenth century.
Plate 6 from the portfolio Photographische Aufnahmen von der Insel Jan Mayen; Oesterreichischen Polar-Expedition, 1882-1883 (Wien, 1884). Original photographs are credited to Linienschiffs-Lieutenant Richard Basso.
Inscribed left: ‘Graf Wilcz-ek’sche Polar-Expedition 1882/83’; and right ‘Linienschiffslieutenant Basso ph.’ Below, the main title: ‘Jan Mayen. Strand mit Treibholz und Wallfischknochen. (Im hintergrunde Expeditionsschiff Pola).’
Plate 6 from the portfolio Photographische Aufnahmen von der Insel Jan Mayen; Oesterreichischen Polar-Expedition, 1882-1883 (Wien, 1884). Original photographs are credited to Linienschiffs-Lieutenant Richard Basso.
Inscribed left: ‘Graf Wilcz-ek’sche Polar-Expedition 1882/83’; and right ‘Linienschiffslieutenant Basso ph.’ Below, the main title: ‘Jan Mayen. Strand mit Treibholz und Wallfischknochen. (Im hintergrunde Expeditionsschiff Pola).’
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