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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
Term
Naval personnel
Navy officers
Sailors
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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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