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Description: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A mahogany medicine chest found near Ross Cairn, Point Victory, King William Island on 2 June 1859 by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-59. The chest is held together with screws. It has brass hanges and the remains of a canvas cover. It has a plush pad inside the lid and is fitted with a lock and strap now broken.
The crews of 'Erebus' and 'Terror' landed just to the south of Point Victory after abandoning their ships. The expedition deposited a written record and abandoned many heavy and superfluous possessions including a four foot pile of unmarked clothes.
caption: Medicine chest. Cut out of photograph D5335_1.
caption: Medicine chest
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caption: Objects from medicine chest
caption: Bandages from medicine chest
caption: Medicine Chest | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | medicine boxes McClintock Expedition Fox 1855 Francis Leopold Franklin Royal Naval Museum John McClintock | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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