Title

Medallic Portrait of Sir J. Franklin, by David, 1854. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Medallic Portrait of Sir J. Franklin, by David, 1854. '...a medallic Portrait of the lamented Sir John Franklin, executed in bronze by M. David'. In 1845, British Royal Navy officer and Arctic explorer Rear-Admiral Sir John Franklin led an ill-fated expedition in an attempt to traverse the Northwest Passage. His ships became icebound off King William Island in what is now Nunavut, where he died in June 1847. The icebound ships were abandoned ten months later and the entire crew died, from causes such as starvation, hypothermia, and scurvy. From "Illustrated London News", 1854.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM22B07_211

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Rights managed

Available size

7,8Mb (791,5Kb) / 5,5in x 5,5in / 1647 x 1654 (300dpi)

Keywords

people male job man men guy occupation British Arctic profile century Britain profession newspapers press explorer B&W writer author 19th century black & white black and white B W nineteenth century The Print Collector Illustrated London News John Franklin ILN Pierre-Jean David d'Angers newspaper engraving portrait Unknown John Sir John Franklin Sir John Franklin 19th-century David Pierre-Jean David d'Angers Pierre-Jean David d'Angers Pierre Jean Pierre-Jean David David d'Angers Pierre Jean David d'Angers