Sir James Clark Ross
(1800-1862), Rear-Admiral and Arctic explorerEarly Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry
Sitter in 15 portraits
Rear-admiral and explorer; discovered the north magnetic pole on an expedition funded by the gin manufacturer Felix Booth, 1831; commanded expedition on the Antarctic, 1839-43, and searched for Sir John Franklin, 1848-9.
by Bernhard Smith
plaster cast of medallion, 1843
NPG 887
by William Brockedon
black and red chalk, 1848
NPG 2515(99)
by Stephen Pearce
oil on millboard, 1850
NPG 913
The Arctic Council planning a search for Sir John Franklin
by Stephen Pearce
oil on canvas, 1851
NPG 1208
by Unknown photographer
albumen print, circa 1860
NPG Ax27705
by Joseph Mathias Negelen, printed by Jérémie Graf
lithograph, early 19th century
NPG D39879
by Henry Richard Cook, after John Robert Wildman
line engraving, (1834)
NPG D39884
by Robert Moore Hodgetts, published by Colnaghi & Co, after John Robert Wildman
mezzotint, published 1835
NPG D4105
by and published for Henry Richard Cook, printed by Lahee & Co, published by Colnaghi and Puckle, published by Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Bt, after John Robert Wildman
line engraving, published 3 March 1840 (1834)
NPG D39883
by Augustus Fox, published by T. Fielder, after Henry William Pickersgill
line engraving, published 9 January 1850
NPG D39880
by Augustus Fox, after Henry William Pickersgill
line engraving, published 1850
NPG D39881
by Thomas Herbert Maguire, printed by M & N Hanhart
lithograph, 1851
NPG D39877
by Thomas Herbert Maguire, printed by M & N Hanhart
lithograph, 1851
NPG D39878
by Alexander Scott, after Stephen Pearce
mezzotint, (1871)
NPG D39882
The Arctic Council planning a search for Sir John Franklin
by James Scott, after Stephen Pearce
mezzotint, published 1853
NPG D9472
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