Polar Exploration

Memorial: M2894

Monument with effigy in St Magnus Cathedral, Orkney commemorating Arctic Explorer, Dr John Rae d. 1893

Location

St Magnus's Cathedral, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland

Transcript

'JOHN RAE, M.D., L.L.D., F.R.S., F.R.C.S. / ARCTIC EXPLORER / INTREPID DISCOVERER OF THE FATE OF SIR JOHN FRANKLIN'S LAST EXPEDITION / BORN 1813-DIED 1893 / EXPEDITIONS:- 1846-7, 1848-9, 1851-2, 1853-4'

Details

Description: Full-length recumbent figure of Rae in Arctic clothing and wrapped in a mantle of deerskin, with a gun beside him.
Type: Effigy
Materials: Marble on granite plinth
Date Erected: 1895
Artists: Joseph Whitehead

People

Rae, John
Age: 79
Date of Death: 22/7/1893
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Explorer
Organisation: Hudson Bay Company

Extra

Bibliography: R.L. Richards 'Dr John Rae' (Whitby, 1985) (photograph facing page 165); Ian Bunyan, Jenni Calder, Dale Idiens, B Wilson 'No ordinary journey: John Rae, Arctic explorer' (Edinburgh, 1993) p. 4 (gives dates of 3rd journey as 1850-51). 'The Builder' 4 Jan. 1896, p.21. 'The design and execution of the memorial was by Mr Joseph Whitehead of London. The base is of Aberdeen granite, the pedestal of Peterhead granite, and the figure of Portland stone.'
Photographer: Jeremy Michell

JSON

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