Cool music but this illustration is not one by Charles Hamilton Smith, who was an interesting figure nonetheless. His experiments on the optimum uniform colours were ahead of time. This particular illustration is from 'Round About the North Pole' by W. J. Gordon. It is called "HMS Hecla and Griper in winter harbour" by Edward Whymper.
I just wanted to comment and see where you got this information. According to what I found on the MIT Museum website, this is a colorized version of a sketch a ship member named Lt. Fredrick William Beechey made on the site of the two ships docking in upper North America. The drawing was then refined by William Westall and published by John Murray of the British Royal Navy in a journal describing their voyage and encounters during their exploration. The drawing was then republished in "Round About The North Pole" in 1907, around 86 years after its original publication in 1821! If you're interested in learning more, I recommend checking out the original publication "Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific." It's available in full on the Internet Archives website. I can't find who colorized the image, but if anyone can find out, please let me know!
Adding to my original message, I can see where some of the confusion came from. I noticed many differences between "HMS Hecla and Griper in Winter Harbour" in the original publication and the colorized image shown in the video. I initially thought the differences were due to AI colorations (sorry for my lack of faith, UniversalAmbients), but I wanted to dig a little deeper. I was looking through a book of illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith called "Views of Polar Regions" and managed to find the exact image shown in the video. After more investigation, I concluded that "Views of Polar Regions" is full of drawings of many different works of art by many different artists that Charles Hamilton Smith redraws in his own style. So the image shown WAS drawn by Charles Hamilton Smith, but is a (slightly less skillful) redrawing of previous work! I'm not sure where the Edward Whymper connection came from, and I would be happy to learn! TLDR; The image is indeed by Charles Hamilton Smith
"And once it's past all hope, the mind goes... unnatural with thoughts. A darkness with no firm hand to stem it." "This kind of darkness, do you see it among us here?"
Your channel has become my "to go to" for academic labour. Thank you for making my days a bit more pleasurable. The combination of the illustration with ambient music was a wonderful idea. I'm not the only only one being thankful and for the rest who did not leave a comment I wish to express our gratitude.
I was watching and editing a video of myself teaching a class for my student teaching assessment. This music made this process terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. Most likely the feeling that the men on these vessels felt as they trudged along.
So sorry about that. Theres so much stuff to get along with the north. And by the way, the thing's plot is just another 'horror express' by hammer prod.
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Cool music but this illustration is not one by Charles Hamilton Smith, who was an interesting figure nonetheless. His experiments on the optimum uniform colours were ahead of time. This particular illustration is from 'Round About the North Pole' by W. J. Gordon. It is called "HMS Hecla and Griper in winter harbour" by Edward Whymper.
Thank you very much!
I just wanted to comment and see where you got this information. According to what I found on the MIT Museum website, this is a colorized version of a sketch a ship member named Lt. Fredrick William Beechey made on the site of the two ships docking in upper North America. The drawing was then refined by William Westall and published by John Murray of the British Royal Navy in a journal describing their voyage and encounters during their exploration. The drawing was then republished in "Round About The North Pole" in 1907, around 86 years after its original publication in 1821!
If you're interested in learning more, I recommend checking out the original publication "Journal of a voyage for the discovery of a north-west passage from the Atlantic to the Pacific." It's available in full on the Internet Archives website. I can't find who colorized the image, but if anyone can find out, please let me know!
Adding to my original message, I can see where some of the confusion came from. I noticed many differences between "HMS Hecla and Griper in Winter Harbour" in the original publication and the colorized image shown in the video. I initially thought the differences were due to AI colorations (sorry for my lack of faith, UniversalAmbients), but I wanted to dig a little deeper. I was looking through a book of illustration by Charles Hamilton Smith called "Views of Polar Regions" and managed to find the exact image shown in the video. After more investigation, I concluded that "Views of Polar Regions" is full of drawings of many different works of art by many different artists that Charles Hamilton Smith redraws in his own style. So the image shown WAS drawn by Charles Hamilton Smith, but is a (slightly less skillful) redrawing of previous work! I'm not sure where the Edward Whymper connection came from, and I would be happy to learn!
TLDR; The image is indeed by Charles Hamilton Smith
"And once it's past all hope, the mind goes... unnatural with thoughts. A darkness with no firm hand to stem it."
"This kind of darkness, do you see it among us here?"
Source?
Pretty sure this is the from the book "The Terror". @@EwigWinterreich
Your channel has become my "to go to" for academic labour. Thank you for making my days a bit more pleasurable. The combination of the illustration with ambient music was a wonderful idea. I'm not the only only one being thankful and for the rest who did not leave a comment I wish to express our gratitude.
Now I want to watch The Terror season 1 again...
If you haven't read the book, it's phenomenal!!
Erebus the book is also great and it’s written by a member of Monty python
@sterlingattano Well! That sounds awesome! Thank you for the recommendation!
This is very specific, I like it!
Cool as artic. I love it
Shackleton vibes and drone ambience. Top work 👍
Hauntingly beautiful. Thank you for creating
Amazing, smooth tones and great sound quality!
i absolutely love your videos thank you so much!
I was watching and editing a video of myself teaching a class for my student teaching assessment. This music made this process terrifying and exhilarating at the same time. Most likely the feeling that the men on these vessels felt as they trudged along.
Calming, especially when dealing with existential dread
Very, very nice.
incredibly relaxing!
favorite channel
It reminds me of "The Thing"
So sorry about that. Theres so much stuff to get along with the north. And by the way, the thing's plot is just another 'horror express' by hammer prod.
The one that was real good is prince of darkness
But how would you ever come to mention a thing like that in such a place. Nevermind
I thought this was the Franklin Expedition.
The Terror is truly an unrecognized masterpiece.
But alas, the "polar bear" really did ruin it for me a bit.
Hauntingly beautiful. Thank you for creating