Capt Sir. John Franklin. F.R.S.K.C.H.
date: label: Date made
content: 1846
name: label: depicted
content: Franklin, John
label: maker
content: Risso & Leefe
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: 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.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This print advertised a 20,000 pound or $100,000 reward for locating the lost expedition.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Exploration and Discovery
label: Subject
content: Diplomacy
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content: Peters Prints
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content: Domestic Furnishings
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Harry T. Peters "America on Stone" Lithography Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: DL.60.3199
label: catalog number
content: 60.3199
objectType: label: Object Name
content: lithograph
label: Object Type
content: Lithograph
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: image: 10 in x 10 in; 25.4 cm x 25.4 cm