{"product_id":"antarctic-postcard-us-exploring-expedition-charles-wilkes-ship-1840-art-f20929","title":"Antarctic Postcard: US Exploring Expedition Charles Wilkes Ship 1840 Art  F20929","description":"This historic art view reproduces an important nineteenth-century engraving titled 'Discovery of the Antarctic Continent,' based on a drawing by Lieutenant Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. The engraving, originally executed by Sherman \u0026amp; Smith and Halpin, documents the landmark United States Exploring Expedition of 1838 to 1842. The scene captures crew members exploring an immense icy coastline with a ship's dog in the foreground, while their three-masted wooden sailing vessel sits anchored among ice floes in the open polar waters.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is a modern continental size postcard which was printed by E.T.W. Dennis \u0026amp; Sons Ltd., Scarborough for Tony Bray (Card No. 5). The postcard was made in the United Kingdom. This is an unused postcard.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen possible all of our postcards will be posted to you inside a collectable plastic postcard sleeve and a board backed envelope which will be marked 'Please do not bend'.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mo’s Postcards ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57659941486965,"sku":"IF_10292A22","price":2.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/8163\/4229\/files\/aacb391d-c011-48e7-83e7-cf32d34fa0f8.jpg?v=1792187225","url":"https:\/\/www.mospostcards.co.uk\/products\/antarctic-postcard-us-exploring-expedition-charles-wilkes-ship-1840-art-f20929","provider":"Mo’s Postcards ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}