The John Franklin Memorial Beechey Island, Arctic Canada [art original] /
Haycock, Maurice,1900-1988.
Franklin, John,Sir,1786-1847,associated name.
[Ottawa?],
1978.
An art original.
Title taken from brass label at the foot of the painting.
Painted in 1978.
Oil on canvas.
A painting associated with John Franklin's lost expedition.
Inscription on the back of the canvas "The Belcher Cenotaph at Beechey Island. Here are the remains of Northumberland House established in the 1850s for the relief of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition and as a supply depot for those who carried out the search. The debris and monument are watched over the by leaning mast from Sir John Ross' yacht, the "Mary". Cape Riley forms the back-drop across Erebus and Terror Bay. Painted 1978 by Maurice Haycock / Ottawa Canada / July 1978".