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Alison
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I'm Alison, and I'm interested in the Franklin Expedition and other parts of history that have "ill fated" or "doomed" associated with them.
#OTD in 1880, Donald Manson - #FranklinSearcher, whaler and harbourmaster - died at home in Peterhead at the grand old age of 88.
Manson served as Master of the Sophia brig, one of William Penny's two #FranklinExpedition search ships in 1850-51.
He also went north three times with Edward Inglefield, in 1852 (on the Isabel) and 1853 and 54 (Phoenix).
This astonishing portrait was taken by Inglefield in 1854.
Item G4258, © Royal Museums Greenwich
Born #OTD in 1821: Lt James Walter Fairholme of #HMSErebus, who was lost with the rest of the #FranklinExpedition.
His family memorialised his life and death with a beautiful monument in Holy Trinity Church in the Scottish Borders town of Melrose.
Originally published on 25th December 1880, in The Australasian newspaper - a first hand account of the discovery of the #FranklinExpedition graves on #BeecheyIsland.
https://finger-post.blog/2021/01/04/robert-goodsir-beechey-island/
Happy festiveness, everyone! And remember: if you're cold, they're cold. Bring them inside.
A few months after the June 1875 death of Jane, Lady Franklin, her companion Sophia Cracroft filed this paperwork at the Copyright Office.
"Photograph of a crayon portrait by Mademoiselle Romilly of the late Lady Franklin, full face" (The National Archives, COPY 1/33/36)
I'm struck by the tiny size and the shape of the photo. It looks like it would fit inside a locket, and I wonder if that's how Sophia kept it close.
