Jorgen Nielsen Moller

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A portrait photograph believed to be of Jorgen Nielsen Moller, Governor of Holsteinborg, 1841-54, seated smoking a hookah. The negative has been partially masked with paper.

The Phoenix's log records the Governor and Inspector of North Greenland coming aboard Phoenix at 4.30am on Monday 2 July 1854 to dine with the Captain. The Inspector received a salute of nine guns. The Governor received a seven-gun salute when he came onboard at 3.30pm on Tuesday 3 July 1854 to dine with the officers. The Phoenix, with her companion vessels Talbot and North Star, did not call at Holsteinborg on the return journey in September 1854 after evacuating Belcher's expedition.

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Object Details

ID:	G4260
Collection:	Historic Photographs
Type:	Glass plate negative
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Inglefield, Edward Augustus
Events:	Arctic Exploration: Franklin Search Expedition, Inglefield, 1854
Date made:	1854; 2 or 3 July 1854
Exhibition:	Freeze Frame; Inglefield Expedition
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	Overall: 162 mm x 212 mm