Arctic Images 1818-1859
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Thomson, Richard
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Coltman, Viccy
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Høvik, Ingeborg
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Doctoral Award, The Research Council of Norway
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Lise and Arnfinn Hejes Fund, Nesoddtangen, Norway
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Caird Short-Term Research Fellowship, The National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, London, UK
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2015-12-23T10:40:48Z
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2015-12-23T10:40:48Z
dc.date.issued
2013-06-28
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This thesis asks whether there existed a unified view of the Arctic during the time
period connected to the high point of British endeavour to find a Northwest Passage,
from the first expeditions of the nineteenth-century in 1818 to the return of the last
Franklin search party in 1859, forty-one years later. Using this time frame as its
marker, the focus of the thesis is primarily on British representations of Arctic
landscapes, exploration and Inuit peoples. Through careful empirical analysis of a
variety of media, including professional painting, on-the-spot sketches, prints and
popular exhibitions, it examines from an art historical viewpoint the historical,
political, social and aesthetic contexts in which Arctic representations occurred.
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http://hdl.handle.net/1842/12261
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en
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The University of Edinburgh
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dc.subject
Arctic
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Arctic representations
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nineteenth-century
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art history
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dc.title
Arctic Images 1818-1859
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Thesis or Dissertation
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dc.type.qualificationlevel
Doctoral
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dc.type.qualificationname
PhD Doctor of Philosophy
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