Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. The Robert E. Peary Family Collection: Drawings by Robert E. Peary, 1877 - 1913

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Rear Adm. Robert E. Peary Papers. 1798 - 1976. The Robert E. Peary Family Collection: Drawings by Robert E. Peary, 1877 - 1913

1877-1913

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/559429

This series consists of mostly unidentified sketches and drawings of birds, landscapes, and other subjects drawn by Robert E. Peary (401-XPDR-1-1; 401-XPDR-1-2; 401-XPDR-2-1; and 401-XPDR-2-3). In addition, there are drawings made by Peary for the Prang's Prize Competition in Christmas Card Designs (401-XPDR-7-1 through 401-XPDR-7-5). In 1881 Messrs. L. Prang and Company of New York, New York offered $2,000 in prizes for Christmas card designs. Also included in this series is a sketch of a bird by Eivind Astrup, a Norwegian student and athlete who accompanied Peary on the 1891-1892 and 1893-1895 expeditions (401-XPDR-10-1). None of the artworks appear to relate to Peary's polar explorations.

3 linear inches

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Peary, Robert Edwin, 1856-1920

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Robert Edwin Peary Sr. (born May 6, 1856, Cresson, Pennsylvania – died February 20, 1920, Washington, D.C.) was an American explorer and United States Navy officer who made several expeditions to the Arctic in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. He is best known for claiming to have reached the geographic North Pole with his expedition on April 6, 1909. Though born in Pennsylvania, Peary grew up in in Portland, Maine. He went to a prominent boarding school called Loomis Chaffe. He attende...