Norway > 4141.01.10.tif
© Leslie Garland Pictures
Photographer: | Leslie Garland | |||
Collection: | Norway | |||
Filename: | 4141.01.10.tif |
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Upload Date: | 2006-03-22 10:39:15 | |||
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Caption: | Bust of Colin Archer Larvik Vestfold Norway |
Keywords: | Born in Larvik in 1832 of Scottish descent Colin Archer is probably Norways most famous naval architect His most well known designs are those of the rescue schooners or lifeboats which bear his name and the Fram built in 1892 which carried Roald Amundsen s successful 1911 South Pole expedition to Antarctica He died 1921 Scotland Norwegian boat building builder design designer marine nautical sea engineer engineering life saving ship wreck storm polar exploration Arctic Antarctic Fridjof Nansen geography history portrait likeness sculpture plinth public art sculpture memorial copper oxide verdigris |