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Title
Sir John Franklin (1786–1847)
Date
1861
Medium
bronze, Portland stone & ashlar
Accession number
PE23_PR_S001
Acquisition method
funded by public subscription
Work type
Statue
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Listing date
03/02/67
Access
at all times
Signature/marks description
base of west face of bronze statue is the name: C. BACON. SC / LONDON . 1861.; base of north face of bronze statue is the name: W.J.ROGERS. / STATUE FOUNDER. / .LONDON.
Inscription description
on west face of square stone plinth incised black painted letters: SIR JOHN FRANKLIN / DISCOVERER OF THE NORTH WEST PASSAGE / BORN AT SPILSBY / APRIL 1786 / DIED IN THE ARCTIC REGIONS / JUNE 1847 / ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION; around circular stone base incised letters: Tennyson NOT HERE! THE WHITE NORTH HAS THY BONES AND THOU HEROIC SAILOR SOUL ART PASSING ON THINE HAPPIER VOYAGE NOW TOWARDS NO EARTHLY POLE; on three separate circular stone blocks there are incised: WEST, NORTH and EAST