Arctic Artist : The Journal and Paintings of George Back, Midshipman with Franklin, 1819-1822 Volume 3 Hardback
by Stuart Houston
Part of the Rupert's Land Record Society Series series
Hardback
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Back's journal is particularly valuable because it is the only one that records the entire expedition; Franklin himself relied on it for his own published account of the journey.
Both the journal and Back's earlier notes have been edited by Houston, who provides an introduction and extensive annotations, as well as synopses of the frank comments regarding the expedition recorded in the various journals of the Hudson's Bay fur trade posts. I.S. MacLaren's commentary on Back's paintings reveals a midshipman-artist of exceptional talent.
Conversant with the artistic conventions and aesthetic temper of his age, Back used his sketch-books not only to depict the expedition's progress but also to capture his imaginative response to the northern wilderness.
MacLaren edits and comments on two other documents written by Back during the expedition: a candid letter to his brother and a poem dramatizing the disaster that claimed the lives of eleven of the twenty explorers in Franklin's party. Arctic Artist will be of interest to Franklin and Arctic enthusiasts, and to Canadian studies, northern studies, art history, and anthropology specialists.
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- Format:Hardback
- Pages:432 pages, 40 colour and 10 b&w photog
- Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication Date:25/10/1994
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- ISBN:9780773511811
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:432 pages, 40 colour and 10 b&w photog
- Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication Date:25/10/1994
- Category:
- ISBN:9780773511811
