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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]
      - 1 - Portraits and photographic represntations of Sir John Franklin - [19th-20th cent]

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Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8760/F/LIB/8/1/5
Former Reference	D3311/75/1
Title	Mounted set of photographic prints of John Franklin and the crews of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror taken in May 1845
Date	[mid 19th cent]
Description	Inscribed above: 'OFFICERS OF THE "EREBUS" AND "TERROR"' Top row: Lieut. Des Voeux, C. Osmer (Purser), Lieut. Fairholme, Lieut. Couch, Middle row: Com. Fitzjames, Capt. Sir J Franklin, Capt. Crozier, Lieut. Le Vesconte, S Stanley (Surgeon), Bottom row: Lieut. Graham Gore (Com.), H.F. Collins (Ice Master), H.D.S. Goodsir (Asst. Surgeon), James Read [Reid] (Ice Master), Lieut. R.O. Sargent Inscribed underneath: 'SAILED FROM ENGLAND 19TH MAY 1845 IN SEARCH OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE. "THE WHITE NORTH HAS THEIR BONES"' The originals of these photographs were daguerreotypes, commissioned by Lady Franklin from Richard Beard. They were taken on 16 May 1845 on H.M.S. Erebus at Greenhithe, Kent, as the ships were readying for departure. The daguerreotypes were subsequently themselves photographed and three sets of prints created; the other sets are at the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich and the Scott Polar Research Institute. The photographs in this mount are albumen prints, a photographic process that was invented in 1847. The use of the phrase "The White North had their bones" deliberately echoes the use of Tennyson's words on Sir John Franklin's memorial monument (where 'thy' is inscribed rather than 'their') makes it likely that the photographs were mounted in or later than 1875, when the memorial was erected. On the reverse is a label for "Gray & Davies, Photographers, from H. Dixon & Sons, 92, Queen's Road, Bayswater, W."
Extent	1 outsize item
Level	Item
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Gell family of Hopton Hall, Wirksworth
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