The officer has been identified as John Hillary Allard (1823-1901), of Franklin Search Expeditions HMS Investigator 1848-49, HMS Pioneer 1850-51 & 1852-54. I even have the clipping from the Illustrated London News (1 May 1852), that's why the guy looked so familiar to me. Thanks Logan & Glenn! - ThreadSky

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The officer has been identified as John Hillary Allard (1823-1901), of Franklin Search Expeditions HMS Investigator 1848-49, HMS Pioneer 1850-51 & 1852-54. I even have the clipping from the Illustrated London News (1 May 1852), that's why the guy looked so familiar to me. Thanks Logan & Glenn!

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axe99.bsky.social•498 days ago

Haha, sensational work :) Should have gone through the overnight skeets before having a go! I might give up any potential aspirations of a career in 19th century handwriting interpretation :)

captjamesfitzjames.bsky.social•498 days ago

This is a different guy/card. 😉 The one with the handwriting turns out to be [Grantham] Yorke [Runnygullion] Rattray.🤯 This one had no name on the cards to identify him, but Logan recognised him from the ILN portrait & Glenn spotted his Arctic Medal in the later picture.

axe99.bsky.social•498 days ago

I will neither confirm nor deny that I get people with ridiculous sideburns confused with each other.... 🙃 Thanks for clueing me in - and great portraits :)

downeast-alexa.bsky.social•498 days ago

So cool! Love seeing the uniform changes through the years

captjamesfitzjames.bsky.social•498 days ago

For sure, it's really awesome that these portraits came as a group! I'm thinking maybe they were owned by his family because the back of the cards is just years, & for the earliest pic just his age.

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