Believe it or not this painting of - was actually painted by one of the crew from the first arctic expedition in 1837. This is "The Perilous Position of HMS Terror, Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837" by naval artist William Smyth (1799–1877).

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sum sketches after watching 🧍🐻

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[#TheTerror] Dr Stanley painting excercise based on that fancy new portrait still!
Don't invite him to your parties 🔥

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Reposting art from last year to make up for no new art this year

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The Seven Sisters by Peder Balke 1845-50
Oil on Canvas
(Private Collection)

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Good Day!
Man Proposes, God Disposes
by Edwin Henry Landseer 1864
Oil painting
(Royal Holloway, University of London)
Thanks for this one go to

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in built in Pembroke Dockyard, was the Royal Navy’s 2nd ship named “Erebus”- the place of darkness between earth and Hades in Greek mythology.🌊

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My current Terror WIPs

Everyone watch this show.

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If there's one woman who is *very* visible in the histories of the 1845 expedition, it's Jane Franklin, John's second wife (played by Greta Scacchi in Here's a portrait of her from 's collections 🧵

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"He was so close. Close enough for Stanley to smell him. He smelled of soap and sweat and the unmistakable stench of blood."
Read 'The Tempter Of The Worm': https://t.co/Mf943Zryg6
Fill for TheTerrorBingo: Injury Recovery!

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[#theterror] Goodsir sketches! voted no. 1 frightened little (sacrificial) lamb

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[#theterror] Punished as a boy

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A family can be a bunch of sad men exploring the artic

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