Young Inuit girls Jun 1854Jul 1854
Albumen print | 16.0 x 20.2 cm (image) | RCIN 2510470
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Photograph of a group portrait in three-quarters length consisting of seven Inuit girls, who are standing and facing the viewer. The majority wear their hair up in a tightly wound bun on top of their heads.
Provenance
Presented to Queen Victoria and Prince Albert by Captain Edward Augustus Inglefield in 1854
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
16.0 x 20.2 cm (image)
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Alternative title(s)
[Historic Title] Esquimaux girls, Greenland [Album: HMS's Phoenix and Talbot in search of Sir John Franklin 1854].