Title

Relics of the Franklin Expedition, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Relics of the Franklin Expedition, 1854. Items recovered from the ill-fated 1845 expedition led by Sir John Franklin, to find the Northwest Passage. The ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, and the entire crew died, from causes such as starvation, hypothermia, and scurvy. 'Part of flannel shirt; piece of plate; part of compass; certificate case; buttons, linked with cord'. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM22B07_094

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

21,7Mb (1,9Mb) / 13,1in x 6,4in / 3929 x 1931 (300dpi)

Keywords

button buttons British war century Britain forks fork newspapers press expedition concept navigation compass cutlery Navy navigational instrument B&W haberdashery navigational device warfare naval warfare 19th century black & white black and white B W belongings nineteenth century Royal Navy The Print Collector Illustrated London News Northwest Passage ILN newspaper engraving Unknown John Franklin John Franklin Sir John Franklin Sir John 19th-century