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'Merry Andrew'

'Two Studies of a Seated Male Nude'

The Maharajah Jung Bahadoor had recently been created a Knight of the Bath

Queen Elizabeth II

A Cold Reception and A Warm Welcome Size:XL: 100 x 70cm 'Merry Andrew''A Cold Reception and A Warm Welcome', 1876. In the lefthand cartoon, the Queen of the Arctic is perched on top of the snowy peaks of the Arctic. This relates to the New Arctic Expedition at the start of which two ships, Alert and Discovery under the commands of Captains Nares and Stephenson respectively, left Portsmouth in 1875. The aim was to complete the mapping of the Northwest Passage. However, the two ships returned to England at the end of

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