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Object connections:
| Collection | Franklin relics, Polar Equipment and Relics |
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| Gallery location | Not on display |
| People | Provenance: Peglar, Henry Peter Provenance: Armitage, Thomas |
| Events | Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848, Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859 |
| Vessels | Fox (1855) |
Object details:
| Object ID | AAA2119 |
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| Description | A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A fragment of a white cotton shirt, printed with a blue striped pattern. The stripes are in a trelliswork pattern and a honeycomb pattern with a zigzag border. It was found on a skeleton presumed to be Henry Peter Peglar (1811-48), HMS 'Terror', at Cape Hershel on 25 May 1859, by the McClintock Search Expedition 1857-59. The skeleton is more likely to be that of Peglar's friend, Thomas Armitage, Gun Room Steward, HMS 'Terror'. 'The Petty Officer was dressed in a double-breasted jacket made of fine blue cloth and edged with white silk braid, with slashed sleeves having five covered buttons on each; trousers of strong blue cloth; a blue greatcoat with large, flat, covered buttons; a black silk neckerchief; a blue and white woolen comforter; a pair of black and grey worsted mitts made on board the ship; two shirts; a pair of drawers made of Navy blanket; two pairs of stockings, one thick and the other thin; probably a Guernsey frock of blue serge; and perhaps a waistcoat'. Franklin's crews seem to have abandoned ship wearing their uniforms supplemented with additional warm clothing, some of it made on board. |
| Date made | before 1845 |
| Artist/Maker | Unknown |
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| Credit | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London. |
| Materials | cotton |
| Measurements | 185 x 50 mm |
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