As a photographer, I find this very interesting. There are obviously lots of paintings of famous war heroes, but not as many photos - because photography wasn't invented yet. The photos that ARE there obviously show people older than their portraits. But it makes me wonder - what did people really look like? Paintings are never ENTIRELY clear
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Here's another couple to add to your collection:
Franklin:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Franklin.jpg
http://www.nmm.ac.uk/tserver.php?f=9191-1.jpg&h=650&legacyResize
James Clark Ross:
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sir_James_Clark_Ross_by_Stephen_Pearce.jpg
http://www.jamescairdsociety.com/pix/Ross%20250.jpg (not entirely sure this is a photograph, but I think is may be.)
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I was just reading about Franklin then ... god those arctic expeditions creep me out. It seems anyone who ever survived one was just lucky!
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god those arctic expeditions creep me out. It seems anyone who ever survived one was just lucky!
They sound utterly horrendous. I seem to remember that the only person who survived the final Franklin expedition was a seaman who took ill and was dropped off in Orkney (I think..) Btw if you're interested I've got a review of Frozen in Time here.
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I feel that there is still a lot of the young dashing man of the portrait in the photo. He was around 80 wasn't he?
*dotes on him*
Yes it is a shame photography wasn't invented earlier.
*dreams of photos of Collingwood or Jack Byron*
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(I think you can see more of the photo in this portrait; around the eyes and the chin.)
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