Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13882

    Portrait of John Franklin

    Date
    1830
    Sitter
    John Franklin (1786 - 1847, British) , Naval officer
    Creator
    James Thomson (1788 - 1850, British) , Engraver
    Creator - Organisation
    Fisher Son & Co., Publisher
    After
    William Derby (1786 - 1847, British) , Painter
    Object type
    Image reference
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 215mm
    width (print): 140mm
    height (paper support): 227mm
    width (paper support): 152mm
    Subject
    Description
    Half-length portrait of John Franklin facing forwards. He wears military uniform with braided epaulettes and is decorated with three badges.

    Inscribed ‘Derby. Thomson. SIR JOHN FRANKLIN CAPT. R.N. FISHER, SON & CO. LONDON 1830’ with facsimile signature and pencilled ‘1823 bottom left.

    John Franklin (1786-1847) British Royal-Navy officer and polar explorer, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1823.


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