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Description: | A head and torso portrait of Captain Sir John Franklin seated in the Captain's undress uniform of the Royal Navy. The sitter is angled lightly away to the left. Sir John Franklin is holding a telescope in his right hand, with the eyepiece resting on his left knee beside his hand. He is wearing either the star of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath or the star of the Order of the Redeemer of Greece on his left breast. On a ribbon around his neck cravat is the badge of a Knight Commander, of the Royal Hanovarian Guelphic Order awarded to Sir John Franklin on 25 January 1836 (see AAA2079). The photograph was taken just before the expedition under Franklin's leadership left London to search for a North-West Passage on 19 May 1845.
This is a photographic copy of the daguerreotype now held at the Scott Polar Research Institute. The image tends to be printed in reverse. The correct orientation is for the medals to be on Franklin's left breast. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Subjects: | Franklin John | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Creator: | Beard, Richard | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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