129 of these men were to enter the Arctic after the supply ship had left for home. Erebus sits in about 30 feet of water in Wilmot and Crampton Bay. The painting has been signed and dated by the artist. On the 19th of May 1845 the Erebus and Terror with a combined crew of 133 set out from England under the command of Sir John Franklin, an explorer who had already led two land expeditions to find the enigmatic sea route. The presence of the birds and fish implies that nature has been interpreted as benign to man and not hostile. The landscape seems fantastical and the scene has been romanticised, since although the environment is barren it is not threatening to the ships and men, and a golden glow appears over the mountain in the distance to the left. Prints of Engraving showing HMS Erebus (left) and HMS Terror, pictured on the River Thames, 1845 Prints, Framed, Posters, Cards, Puzzles, Housewares. The drawing was acquired by the National Maritime Museum in 2001.Ĭarmichael presumably did not develop the drawing into an Arctic painting but instead used it for this Antarctic subject. At its feet lies the modern sprawl of the US McMurdo Base and, not far off, the huts that expeditions commanded.
EREBUS AND TERROR SERIES
It may be a response to the publication of Ross's book about the expedition but the composition is based on a drawing which Carmichael appears to have done earlier, representing one of Captain William Edward Parry's two-ship expeditions in search of the North-West Passage in the 1820s. Glowing rose-red and turquoise in the midnight sun, and trailing a long banner of steam over ross Islands miles of snow and ice, Mount Erebus is the very symbol and beacon of Antarctic exploration. This blog is intended as a very occasional series of rambling notes documenting my thoughts and original research relating to the. In 1845, British explorer Sir John Franklin set out on a voyage to find the North-West Passage the sea route linking the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific.
However, as he did not accompany Ross the painting is not an eyewitness account. Franklin was given command of Erebus Crozier was appointed his executive officer and was again made commander of Terror. Carmichael was a prolific artist who produced drawings and engravings for the British newspapers of the time. The expedition was to consist of two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, both of which had been used for James Clark Rosss expedition to the Antarctic in 18411844, during which Crozier had commanded Terror.
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