Object Details
- depicted
- Franklin, John
- Risso & Leefe
- Description (Brief)
- Black and white print, bust length portrait of a man (Rear Admiral Sir John Franklin). Franklin (1786-1847) was an British Navy officer who began exploring the Canadian Arctic in 1818. His last expedition was begun in 1845 but became lost while charting the Northwest Passage. The expeditions's ships became trapped in the ice and Franklin perished with129 crew members on June 11, 1847.
- This print advertised a 20,000 pound or $100,000 reward for locating the lost expedition.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
- 1846
- ID Number
- DL.60.3199
- catalog number
- 60.3199
- Object Name
- lithograph
- Object Type
- Lithograph
- Measurements
- image: 10 in x 10 in; 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
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- Peters Prints
- Domestic Furnishings
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Exploration and Discovery
- Diplomacy
- Record ID
- nmah_325440
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-27b3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
