Objects & expedition gear
Drawing of Christmas Harbour, Kerguelen Island
Historical recordIndividually cataloged drawing associated by Royal Museums Greenwich with the Ross Antarctic expedition; accession PAF0587.
What this record establishes
Institutional record documented; does not authenticate interpretations.
Record details
- Original title
- Christmas Harbour, Kergeulen Island — Ross Antarctic expedition
- Artifact date
- 1840
- Holding institution
- Royal Museums Greenwich, National Maritime Museum
- Accession
- PAF0587
Scope of evidence
Evidence of this cataloged artifact, not evidence of modern speculative Antarctic claims.
The Arched Rock, Christmas Harbour, from Ross’s 1847 expedition narrative. This published wood engraving depicts a specific landmark at the same Kerguelen harbour visited in 1840. It is a different medium and work—not a scan of John Edward Davis’s watercolor PAF0587, and no derivation from that particular watercolor is asserted.
Joseph Dayman (Christmas Harbour views credited in Ross’s introduction), engraved by Samuel Williams; James Clark Ross, A Voyage of Discovery and Research in the Southern and Antarctic Regions (London: John Murray, 1847), vol. 1, chapter IV headpiece. University of Toronto, Robarts Library scan via Internet Archive. Public domain.
Related scene context only. Different artist and view may be involved. The catalogued RMG watercolor is linked separately and not reproduced.
Image source record · Reuse terms
Image rights and evidence limits
Public-domain 1847 published engraving; illustrator Joseph Dayman died 1868, engraver Samuel Williams died 1853, narrative author James Clark Ross died 1862. Faithful independent University of Toronto/Robarts scan via Internet Archive; same engraving explicitly PD-scan/PD-old-70-1923 on Commons. No RMG pixels used and no RMG reproduction permission inferred.
Image existence does not prove a linked claim. Consult image-specific captions and reuse conditions.
Sources and what they support
Links document the record, the claim’s circulation, an assessment, or reuse terms as labeled. A source link is not automatically corroboration.
- displayed image provenance; not proof of a linked interpretationhttps://archive.org/details/voyageofdiscove01ross
- image-specific reuse conditionshttps://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arched_Rock_Christmas_Harbour-Voyage_Southern_and_Antarctic_Regions-1847-0147.jpg
- documentary target record; may differ from displayed reproductionhttps://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-124722
- institutional or documentary recordhttps://www.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/rmgc-object-124722
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