Early Victorian Portraits Catalogue
Sir (Francis) Leopold McClintock (1819-1907), Naval officer and Arctic explorer
- Gallery portraits
- All known portraits
- Biography and References
Admiral; entered navy, 1831; served under Sir J. C. Ross, Sir E. Ommaney and others on various Arctic voyages; commanded expedition in search of Franklin, 1857-9; published account of his voyage and fate of Franklin, 1859; commodore in charge at Jamaica, 1865-8; superintendent of Portsmouth dockyard, 1872-7; admiral, 1884.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.
This extended catalogue entry is from the out-of-print National Portrait Gallery collection catalogue: Richard Ormond, Early Victorian Portraits, Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1973, and is as published then. For the most up-to-date details on individual Collection works, we recommend reading the information provided in the Search the Collection results on this website in parallel with this text.