Portrait of John Franklin
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                                1830
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                John Franklin (1786 - 1847, British) , Naval officer
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                James Thomson (1788 - 1850, British) , Engraver
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator - Organisation
                            
                            
                                Fisher Son & Co., Publisher
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                William Derby (1786 - 1847, British) , Painter
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (print): 215mm
width (print): 140mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 152mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 140mm
height (paper support): 227mm
width (paper support): 152mm
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                                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.
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            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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