Daguerreotype by Claudet showing a portrait of Harrison holding a medal.

We can date the image between 1847 and 1850. Claudet opened the Colosseum studio in 1847 and then closed it and the one in King William St in 1851 to open a new studio. However, the 1850 expedition did not get back from the Arctic until later in 1851 to be refitted in October 1851-April 1852 ready for the next voyage out. Thus this shows him as a clerk taken before the 1850 Arctic expedition.

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Record Details

Item reference: HRR/7/2; MSS/75/061.1 MS1975/061
Catalogue Section: Personal collections
Level: ITEM
Extent: 1 item
Date made: 1841-01-01 - 1853-12-31; Circa 1847-1850
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London