Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9316
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Portrait of an unnamed woman
Date
1823
Creator
Edward Francis Finden (1791 - 1857, British) , Engraver
After
Robert Hood (1796 - 1821, Canadian) , Draftsman
Object type
Library reference
39901
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 115mm
width (print): 145mm
width (print): 145mm
Subject
Description
Seated portrait of a young woman, referred to here as 'Green Stockings', looking slightly to the right [as viewed], mending a snow shoe in her lap. She wears green leggings and a brown over coat.
Illustration from Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, by John Franklin (London, 1823).
John Franklin (1786-1847) British Naval officer and exporer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1823. In 1819 he was chosen to lead the Coppermine Expedition overland from Hudson Bay to chart the North Coast of Canada.
'Green Stockings' was a name given to this woman by Franklin's expedition members, after the way she dressed. She was of the Yellowknives; one of the five main groups of the First Nations Dene who live in the Northwest territories of Canada. Her father was Keskarrah, the elder brother of the clan's then-chief, Akeh-Cho, or Akaitcho.
Illustration from Narrative of a journey to the shores of the Polar Sea, by John Franklin (London, 1823).
John Franklin (1786-1847) British Naval officer and exporer was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1823. In 1819 he was chosen to lead the Coppermine Expedition overland from Hudson Bay to chart the North Coast of Canada.
'Green Stockings' was a name given to this woman by Franklin's expedition members, after the way she dressed. She was of the Yellowknives; one of the five main groups of the First Nations Dene who live in the Northwest territories of Canada. Her father was Keskarrah, the elder brother of the clan's then-chief, Akeh-Cho, or Akaitcho.
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