Preserved meat sample from Franklin Expedition

An image showing 'Meat sample - A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-8. A sample of tinned meat preserved in spirit in a rectangular glass container mounted on a mahogany base with a brass plate fixed to the front'

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Preserved meat sample from Franklin Expedition

A relic of Sir John Franklin's last expedition 1845-48. A sample of tinned meat preserved in spirit in a rectangular glass container mounted on a mahogany base with a brass plate fixed to the front. The brass plate is inscribed 'TINNED MEAT SUPPLIED TO THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION 1845. FOUND BY RESCUE PARTY ON A SLEDGE. TIN OPENED-APRIL 1926'. The tin was opened in 1926 by the Liverpool City Bacteriologist's Laboratory.

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Object Details

ID:	AAA2036
Collection:	Polar Equipment and Relics
Type:	Meat sample
Display location:	Display - Polar Worlds Gallery
Creator:	Goldner, Stephen
Events:	Arctic Exploration: Franklin's Last Expedition, 1845-1848; Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, McClintock, 1857-1859
Date made:	1845
Exhibition:	North-West Passage
People:	Liverpool City Bacteriologist's Laboratory
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London.
Measurements:	Overall: 114 mm x 137 mm x 85 mm