A buffalo pound, Feb. 8 1820 mb-width 3600 View across the churchyard

View across the churchyard

of the ruins of the banqueting hall at Haberdashers' Hall

The number '40' in the car's name refers to its height of 40 inches

His cart is parked in the background

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A buffalo pound, Feb. 8 1820 mb-width 3600 View across the churchyardCree Indians trapping buffalo by herding them into a fenced off area, where they can be killed more easily. John Franklin's expedition of 1819 22 travelled via the Coppermine River to map the Canadian Arctic coast, as part of efforts to find the fabled North West Passage. Illustration from Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, by John Franklin (London, 1823). Original: aquatint. 1823