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Description: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. Two round coat buttons covered with black silk with linen backs. They were found on a skeleton presumed to be Henry Peter Peglar (1811-48), HMS 'Terror', at Cape Herschel on 25 May 1859, by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-59. The skeleton is more likely to be that of Peglar's friend, Thomas Armitage, Gun Room Steward, HMS 'Terror'.
'The Petty Officer was dressed in a double-breasted jacket made of fine blue cloth and edged with white silk braid, with slashed sleeves having five covered buttons on each; trousers of strong blue cloth; a blue greatcoat with large, flat, covered buttons; a black silk neckerchief; a blue and white woolen comforter; a pair of black and grey worsted mitts made on board the ship; two shirts; a pair of drawers made of Navy blanket; two pairs of stockings, one thick and the other thin; probably a Guernsey frock of blue serge; and perhaps a waistcoat'. Franklin's crews seem to have abandoned ship wearing their uniforms supplemented with additional warm clothing, some of it made on board.
caption: Buttons | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Subjects: | McClintock Expedition Thomas Fox 1855 Armitage Francis Leopold Franklin buttons Royal Naval Museum John Henry Peter Peglar McClintock | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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