Skip to main content
Lot 199*

Admiral Sir George Back
(British, 1796-1878)
'McKenzie River and the Rocky Mountains.' unframed

26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
London, Knightsbridge

Sold for £22,562.50 inc. premium

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Travel & Exploration specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Ask about this lot

Admiral Sir George Back (British, 1796-1878)

'McKenzie River and the Rocky Mountains.'
signed 'Capt. Back' (lower right), dated 'Augst 1825' (lower left) and titled (lower centre)
watercolour and pencil
14 x 20.5cm (5 1/2 x 8 1/16in).
unframed

Footnotes

Provenance
The artist's family and thence by descent.

This work is illustrated as an engraving in John Franklin's Narrative of a second expedition to the shores of the polar sea, in the years 1825, 1826, and 1827, (London, 1828), in appendix p.xxv.

Additional information

Bid now on these items

Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...