Bone china plate printed with a full-colour illustration depicting McClure’s ship 'Investigator' beset off Baring Island. The design is based on a contemporary print after S. Gurney Creswell (see PAG8024). The cobalt blue border is decorated with five roudels in gold, four showing compass roses and the fifth a globe. The plate is in its original box, with a certificate of authenticity. Printed on the back of the plate is: 'ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY 1830 / No 4. / GREAT EXPLORERS / This scene shows H.M.S. "INVESTIGATOR" in a critical / position on the north coast of Baring island since / renamed Banks island. August 20th 1851. / The "INVESTIGATOR" was searching for Sir John Franklin's / expedition of 1845 which had disappeared without trace. / Produced with the approval of the Royal Geographical Society / this edition is limited to two thousand plates of which this is number 118'.