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Portrait plaque
White wax profile plaque, depicting Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), head and shoulders, facing right. The plaque is on a black background in a gilt and white oval mount. It has a glazed, black and gold frame. A label on the reverse reads: 'Sir John Franklin in wax modelled by a lady in Tasmania when he was governor there from 1837 to 1843 C.P. Kaye.'
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Object Details
| ID: | OBJ0553 |
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| Type: | Portrait plaque |
| Display location: | Not on display |
| Date made: | 1837-1843; 1837-43 |
| People: | Franklin, John |
| Credit: | On loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, from the Hopton Hall Derbyshire Collection. Kindly lent by the Gell Muniment Trustees |
| Measurements: | Overall: 320 mm x 275 mm x 30 mm |