Captain Francis McClintock (1819-1907)

Photograph of Captain Francis Leopold McClintock (1819-1907), standing with the thumb of his right hand tucked into his trouser pocket and his left hand resting on the back of a chair to his side. Francis McClintock’s search expedition in HMS Fox (1857–9) was one of 20 search expeditions sent out between 1848 and 1859 to uncover the fate of the crew of HMS Erebus and HMS Terror under the command of Sir John Franklin in 1845. McClintock’s expedition confirmed that most, if not all, of the ship’s company had died.