No voy a decir mucho, tan solo por favor echad un vistazo a esta obra de arte, (link al final del párrafo) de los hombres de la expedición de Franklin que fueron enterrados en la isla de Beechey, todavía no tengo palabras impresionante. Frozen in time: Los hombres de la isla de Beechey
La autora: Kristina Gherman (Maidith), En mi opinión ella es una auténtica genio.
Estuve hace poco pensando en reconstruir loe rostros de estos hombres con Photoshop para tratar de averiguar cual podría haber sido su aspecto en vida, pero después de este hallazgo, creo que no me tomaré la molestia, es una obra de arte.
I am not going to say much, only, please, take a look to this work opf art (link at the end of the paragraph) of the Franklin expedition men buried in the Beechey Island, I am still without words, impressive!!!. Frozen in time: Los hombres de la isla de Beechey
The author:
Kristina Gherman (Maidith) . In my opinion she is an real Genius.
Her work here: http://maidith.deviantart.com
I was thinking in making the reconstruction of the faces of these boys with photoshop to guess what could have been their appearance in live, but after this discovery, I think that I am not going to do now, this is a masterpiece.
Amazing! What a talented young woman. Thanks for the link to her work! You should still attempt to reconstruct their appearances. It's interesting to see different interpretations. There is also a gorgeous painting of Torrington in the children's book "Buried In Ice" by Beattie and Geiger. I am in possession of the article "The Men Who Sailed with Franklin" from Cambridge University's "Polar Record". This article gives the physical descriptions of most of the men (ratings) on the Expedition, adding a whole new dimension to how we view the Franklin tragedy.
ResponderEliminarI can try to do it, but I am not a very skilled user of the Photoshop...It´s just that I thought that it would be interesting.
ResponderEliminarI didn´t know the book, "Buried in ice", really cheap in "Amazon", so I probably will add it to my collection. I didn´t know neither the article.
I don´t know if perhaps there would be more photographs or daguerrotipes of other participants of the expedition (more than those visible in the "Scott Research Institute"), I´ve found others of the officers in the blogs of the "Franklinists", especially of the sailors and of the Royal Marines. I don´t know why, having cameras in that time, nobody took a picture of the ships or of the people before leaving. They even had a camera on board, Why didn´t they take any picture of the journey to Disco Bay and sent back the originals?.
I highly recommend "Buried In Ice". It's actually the first book I read on the Franklin Expedition, as it was the only one my local library had available. The "Polar Record" has many very fascinating articles, but they are very expensive to purchase.
EliminarI think Prof. Russell Potter might have an entry on his "Visions of the North" blog regarding why nobody took more daguerreotypes. It's very frustrating not to know what the majority of the ships' companies looked like!
I have just bought the book "buried in ice", one more to my collection (though i have to wait for receiving it), but it is true that the prices of the articles are really very expensive, even if you choose the 24 h option to read it.
ResponderEliminarI supposse you know this article "Scattered Memories and Frozen Bones" by Glenn Stein, but if not, you can read it in the blog of William Battersby here:
http://hidden-tracks-book.blogspot.com.es/2009/07/glenn-stein-frgs-paper-scattered.html
Inside the whole history of the Franklin expedition that of this man who had the "Peglar Papers" is one of my favourites, intriguing and fascinating. Who was him, Peglar, Gibson, Armitage? Why was he walking alone? Why he left on the rear? What is the content of the letters he carry?, why?, why, why?. So many whyes I am afraid.
Send me an e-mail, and I will send you some very interesting Franklin Expedition articles. My address is: jaeschylus@hotmail.com
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