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Description: | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-8. Part of a woollen stocking, knitted in stocking stitch. Part of the garment is bluish-grey, part off-white, with a seam down the side. It was found on Beechey Island, the site of the expedition's first winter camp. It was presented to the Royal Naval Museum by Mrs Austen Lefroy in 1892. MSS draft catalogue 1913, NMM 20/3. 'a piece of worsted sock and a piece of wood found on Beechey Island'. Presented to the museum by Mrs Austin Lefroy 1892.
RN Museum Catalogue. MS draft 1913, NMM 20/3. No.12 case 4 Franklin Room 'A piece of worsted sock and a piece of wood found on Beechey Island the first winter quarters of Sir John Franklin's expedition by officers of the search party'. | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Subjects: | stockings Mrs Austen Lefroy | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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