Sir Allen William -- 'APE' [i.e. Carlo PELLEGRINI] (artist). Alleno.

by YOUNG

£100 · Offered by Henry Sotheran Ltd

YOUNG, Sir Allen William -- 'APE' [i.e. Carlo PELLEGRINI] (artist). Alleno. [ London :] Vincent Brookes, Day and Son for Vanity Fair , 15 December 1877. A full-length lithographic portrait of Young after Pellegrini, from the 'Men of the Day' series (no. 167), image size 310 x 184mm; very good, mounted, with a photocopy of the original text to the verso. A portrait of the Arctic explorer Sir Allen Young, shortly after he was knighted for his services to Arctic exploration . Allen served as the navigating officer of the Fox under Sir Leopold M'Clintock in 1857, during its expedition to follow through John Rae's discoveries relating to Franklin's fate: 'During the two years spent in following Franklin's tracks, Young made notable sledge journeys, exploring about 380 miles of new coast line, including the southern and western coasts of Prince of Wales Land and both shores of Franklin Strait. He also discovered McClintock Channel, but was unable to cross its rough ice. In 1860 he had command of the Fox in the north Atlantic telegraph expedition, which surveyed a telegraph route between Europe and America via the Faeroes, Iceland, and Greenland. He visited the east coast of Greenland, but, believing it to be impracticable for a cable route, did not land. He sailed on for the west coast, landed with Rae (who was in charge of the land part of the expedition), and ascended to the ice cap near Julianehåb; but he returned on deciding that a telegraph line could not be carried across Gre

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