Shakespeare in Canada: A Cultural Map

Shakespeare in Canada: Exploring Our Cultural History through Digital Humanities

A project to create an online interactive cultural map of the presence of the Bard and the way in which his works have shaped Canadian culture.

H.M.S. Assistance in the ice

Title

H.M.S. Assistance in the ice

Creator

Robins, Thomas Sewell

Subject

H.M.S. Assistance; Arctic; voyage; stuck in the ice; painting

Description

Painting depicting the H.M.S. Assistance stuck in the ice while on expedition to find Sir John Franklin's Ships in the Arctic.

Date

1853

Format

print, oil painting

Identifier

BHC4239

Source

National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London; Object ID: BHC4239
Krystyna Dodds, Maggie Kendall and Andrea Zehr, University of Ottawa (cataloguers)

Coverage

Rights

National Maritime Museum

Files

BHC4239.jpg

Citation

Robins, Thomas Sewell, “H.M.S. Assistance in the ice,” Shakespeare in Canada: A Cultural Map, accessed May 5, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/shakespearecanada/items/show/122.