File:Expedition beset in the Ice off Red Hill. June 14th 1818 RMG PU6116.tiff
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Franklin commanded HMS Trent (1796) in 1818 on a journey from London to Spitzbergen, now Svalbard. The overall expedition was commanded by Captain David Buchan on HMS Dorothea.
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| Author |
Beechey, Frederick William, Lt, RN (artist); Bentley, Richard (publisher); Gilks, Thomas (engraver) |
| Description |
English: Expedition beset in the Ice off Red Hill. June 14th 1818 Lithograph, mounted with PAD6117-PAD6118. A panoramic monochrome view of the three-masted HM Sloop, Dorothea and the two-masted HM Brig Trent, both moored in an expanse of sea ice against a backdrop of frozen hills. A polar bear is shown in the immediate foreground to the left and another some way behind the Trent. Four figures stand close to Trent's stern holding weapons. The image probably represents an event when, passing the north west boundary of Spitzbergen on the 12 June, the channel became blocked with ice and the Trent and Dorothea were pushed into shallows by the tide and fast flowing ice. Both vessels remained firmly trapped in the ice for 13 days. On the evening of the 14 June a polar bear, attracted by the smell of burning walrus fat, was killed by a group of mariners with muskets. |
| Date | 1843 |
| Dimensions | Folder: 5 in x 17 1/4 in |
| Notes | Box Title: Fighting Ships 1814-1824. |
| Source/Photographer | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections/objects/110267 |
| Permission (Reusing this file) |
The original artefact or artwork has been assessed as public domain by age, and faithful reproductions of the two dimensional work are also public domain. No permission is required for reuse for any purpose. The text of this image record has been derived from the Royal Museums Greenwich catalogue and image metadata. Individual data and facts such as date, author and title are not copyrightable, but reuse of longer descriptive text from the catalogue may not be considered fair use. Reuse of the text must be attributed to the "National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London" and a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-SA-3.0 license may apply if not rewritten. Refer to Royal Museums Greenwich copyright. |
| Identifier | id number: PAD6116 |
| Collection | Fine art |
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- Prints, drawings and watercolours of the Royal Museums Greenwich
- 1843 in art
- HMS Dorothea (ship, 1818)
- HMS Trent (ship, 1796)
- John Franklin
- Thomas Gilks
- A voyage of discovery towards the North Pole, performed in His Majesty's ships Dorothea and Trent, under the command of Captain David Buchan, R.N.; 1818 (1843)
- Lithographs of ships
- Ships in ice
- 1818-06-14