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Description: | Silver freedom box presented to Captain Sir George Back (1796-1878) Arctic explorer.
The box has a relief view on the lid, a gilt interior, engine turned sides, and an inscription on the base. The view on the lid is a large country house in a wooded landscape with a figure in the foreground.
Inscribed on the base: 'PRESENTED BY THE Master, Pilots and Seamen of the Trinity House OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE WITH THE FREEDOM OF THEIR CORPORATION INCLOSED TO Captain Sir George Back R.N. AS A TESTIMONY OF THEIR HIGH APPROBATION OF THE PERSEVERING & SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS IN THE CAUSE OF SCIENCE & HUMANITY DISPLAYED BY HIM IN HIS VARIOUS EXPEDITIONS TO THE POLAR SEAS, 27 August 1838'.
caption: Freedom box | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | freedom boxes Trinity House George Back | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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