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G4262; Seven Inuit girls and women in West Greenland Inuit dress of short breeches made of seal skin and decorated with 'fancy' work. The negative has been masked by paper on emulsion side, however most of the masking paper has been removed. It is not known where this group was photographed. The Phoenix visited four settlements along the west coast of Greenland: Holsteinborg, Godhavn, Proven, and Upernarvick between 8 June and 21 July 1854.
Group portrait of Inuit girls and women (Glass plate negative)
G4270; An elderly Inuit woman with two Inuit men, standing, in outdoor clothing made from seal skin. The jacket of the man on the left has toggles made from ivory. The elderly woman is also featured in image G4269. There is some masking paper on the emulsion side of the negative. It is not known where this group was photographed. The Phoenix visited four settlements along the west coast of Greenland: Holsteinborg, Godhavn, Proven, and Upernarvick between 8 June and 21 July 1854.
Portrait of three Inuit (Glass plate negative)
G4260; Portrait photograph believed to be Jorgen Nielsen Moller, Governor of Holsteinborg, 1841-54, seated smoking hookah. Phoenix's log records the Governor & Inspector of North Greenland coming aboard Phoenix at 4.30am on Monday 2 July 1854 to dine with the Captain. The Phoenix, with her companion vessels Talbot and North Star, did not call at Holsteinborg on the return journey in September 1854 after evacuating Belcher's expedition.
Jorgen Nielsen Moller (Glass plate negative)
G4267; A photograph of an Inuit man supporting a kayak while holding a double-ended paddle. Seen with him is the seal hunting gear. This includes a harpoon, with a norsaq attached, stored along the side of the kayak. The rope for the harpoon can be seen attached to the inflated seal-skin 'bladder', and the stand in front of the coaming was used to store the rope. The man is wearing a sealskin tuilik and appears to be smoking a clay pipe.
Unidentified Inuit man with a kayak (Glass plate negative)
G4258; Portrait photograph believed to be Donald Manson, Ice Master of converted screw Sloop Phoenix (1832). He is seated in his overcoat, scarf & highly-polished hat. According to Description Book for Phoenix Donald Manson was 5ft 5inches tall, 61 years old with grey hair, fresh complexion & grey eyes. Manson joined the ship, by Admiralty Appointment dated 28 February 1854, on 9 March 1854 at Woolwich.
Donald Manson, Ice Master of Phoenix (1832) (Glass plate negative)
G4268; An Inuit man dressed in European clothes with three Inuit women in traditional clothing. The upper garment of the woman on the right may be knitted wool (like the ones worn by the Danish official and his sons in G4263) and may represent a fusion between Inuit and Nordic clothing. The Inglefield Album held by the Royal Archives records that the people in the photograph are (l-r) Mother, Daughter, Fiance, and Sister-in-Law.
An Inuit group in Inuit and European clothes. (Glass plate negative)
G4263; A group photograph believed to be of Hans Elberg, Assistant [Lieutenant Governor] at Holsteinborg 1850-54, and later Governor 1854-73, with his wife Martha and three children. Their clothes represent a fusion between Inuit and Nordic clothing. Phoenix visited Holsteinborg between 8 and 17 June 1854.
Hans Elberg and family (Glass plate negative)
G4264; An Inuit women, possibly a nurse, carrying a baby in a sling on her back, and a second woman standing beside her with hands raised to the nurse's shoulder. There is some masking paper on the emulsion side of the negative, and evidence of the background having been masked in the past. It is not known where this group was photographed. The Phoenix visited four settlements along the west coast of Greenland: Holsteinborg, Godhavn, Proven, and Upernarvick between 8 June and 21 July 1854.
Two Inuit women with baby (Glass plate negative)
G4259; A portrait photograph of Captain Edward Augustus Inglefield, in a naval uniform jacket and wearing a naval cap-badge on what appears to be a smoking cap. The background has been masked with paper. This was Inglefield's second voyage in support of the search expedition under Captain Sir Edward Belcher. He had been in the arctic as captain of Phoenix in 1853 in company with the storeships Breadlebane and Diligence
Captain Edward Augustus Inglefield (Glass plate negative)
G4261; A photograph of two seated European men, believed to be (l-r) a Danish missionary and a Danish Lieutenant, possibly from one of the Royal Greenland Trading Company ships. The left side of the negative is masked by paper. It is not known where these two men were photographed. The Phoenix visited four settlements along the west coast of Greenland: Holsteinborg, Godhavn, Proven, and Upernarvick between 8 June and 21 July 1854
Portrait of a Danish missionary and Danish Lieutenant (Glass plate negative)
G4257; Portrait photograph believed to be Christian Soren Marcus Olrik (1815-1870) Inspector of North Greenland 1846-66, seated in his uniform. He was based in Godhavn [referred to as Lievely in Phoenx's log] and visited the Phoenix (1832) on 3 July 1854 accompanying the Governor for dinner with the Captain. He took passage on Phoenix between 5 and 12 July 1854 to Swarte Hook, near Kangatak Islands. At 12.30pm the Phoenix fired a three-gun salute for the Inspector as he left the ship.
Christian Soren Marcus Olrik, Inspector of North Greenland (Glass plate negative)
G4266; Nine Inuit children (probably all boys), wearing summer clothing made from seal skin. The children on the left are hidden in shadow. The negative has evidence of masking paper having been pasted onto the emulsion side. It is not known where this group was photographed. The Phoenix visited four settlements along the west coast of Greenland: Holsteinborg, Godhavn, Proven, and Upernarvick between 8 June and 21 July 1854.
Group portrait of Inuit boys (Glass plate negative)
G4265; An unsharp photograph of an Inuit man looking out to the left of the photograph wearing thick traditional clothing. It is not known where he was photographed. The Phoenix visited four settlements along the west coast of Greenland: Holsteinborg, Godhavn, Proven, and Upernarvick between 8 June and 21 July 1854.
Unidentified Inuit Man (Glass plate negative)
G4271; View from harbour looking southeast towards Holsteinborg. The two prominent buildings are the church & parsonage. The storeship HMS Diligence (1814), HMS Phoenix (1832), a converted screw Sloop & storeship HMS Talbot (1824), a converted Sixth Rate, arrived at Holsteinborg on 8 June at 1.45pm. They departed for Godhavn [also referred to as Lievely] at 9am on 17 June 1854 going northward to supply 'Franklin' search ships under Captain Sir Edward Belcher in Canadian archipelago.
The church and parsonage, Holsteinborg (Glass plate negative)
G4254; View northwest from Holsteinborg across harbour towards mountains skirting north side of bay. At anchor are (l-r) storeship HMS Diligence (1814), HMS Phoenix (1832), a converted screw Sloop, & storeship HMS Talbot (1824), a converted Sixth Rate. They arrived at Holsteinborg on 8 June at 1.45pm & departed for Godhavn [also referred to as Lievely] at 9am on 17 June 1854, going northward to supply 'Franklin' search ships under Captain Sir Edward Belcher in the Canadian archipelago.
HMS Phoenix (1832), HMS Talbot (1824) and HMS Diligence (1814) at anchor, Holsteinborg (Glass plate negative)