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D8760 - Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth - 1714-1994
- F - Family records of the extended Franklin family and the Gell family of Hopton Hall - 1714-1994
  - LIB - Printed volumes and other printed material, mostly on Sir John Franklin and related topics - 1714-1994
    - 8 - Illustrative material and portraits of Sir John Franklin, family and colleagues - [19th-20th cent]
      - 5 - Prints and portraits of fellow Arctic explorers, members of the the "Arctic Council" and other people with connections to Sir John Franklin - [19th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/8/5/1
Former Reference	D3311/86/37
Title	Print of engraving of "The Arctic Council Planning a Search for Sir John Franklin", painted by Stephen Pearce
Date	[c1853]
Description	Along the bottom are pasted autographs cut from letters of George Back, William Parry, Edward Bird, James Clark Ross, Francis Beaufort, Edward Sabine, Baillie Hamilton, John Richardson and Frederick Beechey, with those of John Franklin, James Fitzjames and John Barrow (x2), whose portraits are hanging on the wall above the Council. The painting depicted an imaginary scene involving the main protagonists in the search for Franklin meeting in 1847 (no such council ever existed and no such meeting ever took place) and was painted by Pearce in 1851; it was engraved by J. Scott and published by Graves in 1853. Size 81 x 61 cm.
Extent	1 outsize print
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
Format	Artwork
Format	Printed
Term	Naval personnel
	Navy officers
	Sailors
	Franklin Expedition (1845)
	Arctic regions

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Barrow; Sir; John (1764-1848); Admiralty Secretary and promoter of Arctic exploration and author

Back; Sir; George (1796-1878); naval officer and explorer

Parry; William Edward (1790-1855); Sir; naval officer and Arctic explorer

Bird; Edward Joseph (1799-1881); naval officer

Ross; Sir; James Clark (1800-1862); naval officer and Polar explorer

Beaufort; Sir; Francis (1774-1857); naval officer and hydrographer

Sabine; Sir; Edward (1788-1883); army officer, scientist, geophysicist

Hamilton; William Alexander Baillie- (1803-1881); Naval Commander

Richardson; Sir; John (1787-1865); physician, naturalist and Arctic explorer

Beechey; Frederick William (1796-1856); naval officer and hydrographer

Franklin; Sir; John (1786-1847); naval officer and Arctic explorer

Fitzjames; James (c 1812-1848); naval officer

Pearce; Stephen (1819-1904); portrait and equestrian painter

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