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Description: | A white wax profile plaque depicting Sir John Franklin (1786-1847) in low relief, facing right. On a blue velvet background, in a gold mount and a turned, glazed wooden frame with a suspension ring. In ink on the reverse: 'A very faithful likeness of the great Arctic explorer Sir John Franklin RN taken from life when he was governor of Tasmania about the year 1842.'
Frame cracked. Wax relief cracked across the neck. | Publisher: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/page/7d7ded6fb50d6031e2884961a200be58.html | Subjects: | figure human: explorer Franklin John Arctic | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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