THE OLD, THE TRUE, THE BRAVE

In order, left-right, top-bottom

John Franklin:

Two Chained Monkeys - Pieter Bruegel the Elder - he has Jacko.

HMS 'Erebus' passing through the chain of bergs, 1842 - Richard Brydges Beechey - He’s on Erebus. He’s Captain of Erebus. I don’t think I need to explain more (this goes for literally everyone, they all have either Terror or Erebus on, purely based on who’s on which ship)

Satan the Fallen Angel - Gustave Doré - Hubris. Just. Hubris

Pyramid of Skulls - Paul Cézanne - the whole Doomed To Die thing

The Death of Actaeon - Titian - He gets ripped apart like Actaeon, though not by his own hunting dogs. Also you will notice the mythology theme. (Also I saw it in the National Gallery which was very cool)

A Pair of Shoes - Vincent Van Gogh - “you’ll eat your own boots”. Yeah

Cutting the Stone/The Cure of Folly/Extraction of the Stone of Madness - Hieronymus Bosch - Well someone needs a stone of madness removing, cause how did they think this expedition was going to go?

The Treachery of Images - René Magritte - He smokes a pipe. That’s the main reason. Also I could argue that he’s the type of bloke to deny something plainly obvious. The main reason is the fact he smokes though

Icarus - Galileo Chini - Hubris again. What’s a better hubris story than Icarus?

Argo - Konstantinos Volanakis - “we are the greatest Argonauts of our age!” (Or whatever he says. The argonauts is the relevant bit)

Anthony of Padua - Francisco de Zurbarán - He’s the patron saint of lost things. And what is the Franklin expedition but a whole lot of lost things.

Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - it’s of the Franklin expedition, plus Franklin actually gets semi-eaten by Tuunbaq

Francis Crozier:

Self Portrait (1973) - Francis Bacon - It looked like Crozier, he’s called Francis, he’s Irish and I love Francis Bacon

The Wrath of the Seas - Ivan Aivazovsky - have you seen this man’s seascapes??? If not look them up they’re all so so so yummy

Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - same again. Get used to seeing it

In the Wild North - Ivan Shishkin - Snowy, northern. Yeah

Cassandra - Evelyn De Morgan - Like Cassandra, he does not get listened to and he’s Right

Self-Portrait with Dr Arrietta - It reminded me of Jopson looking after him

Separation - Edvard Munch - Sophia Cracroft anyone?

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog - Caspar David Friedrich - looks a bit like Crozier and fit the Vibe

Water-lilies - Claude Monet - The red reminded me of the waistcoat he wears in the flashback with Sophia

Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - He’s on Terror innit.

Between the Waves - Ivan Aivazovsky - I want to eat it look at it it’s yummy

James Fitzjames:

Almond Blossoms - Vincent Van Gogh - it just vibes quite frankly

Still Life with Cherries and Peaches - Paul Cézanne - “musketball the size of a cherry 👌”

HMS 'Erebus' passing through the chain of bergs, 1842 - Richard Brydges Beechey - He’s on Erebus. Get used to seeing this a as well

Woman with a Cat - Edouard Manet - her dress looks like The Dress

The Victory Returning from Trafalgar, in Three Position - JMW Turner - him being shot “like Nelson at Trafalgar”

Peacocks - Melchior D’Hondecoeter - The vanity thing. Enough said

Pallas Athene - Gustave Klimt - She’s the goddess of war, it felt Right

The Lily Pond (maybe, why can’t this man name the water-lilies better) - Claude Monet - Just vibed honestly

Ecce Homo - Guido Reni - the Jesus imagery of him, “I’m not Christ” etc

Boadicea Haranguing the the Britons - John Opie - The Britannia costume. Just look at it

Caesar Crossing the Rubicon - Adolphe Yvon - that thing he says about Caesar crossing, you guessed it, the Rubicon

Edward Little:

At Eternity’s Gate - Vincent Van Gogh - That’s just Ned having a breakdown look at it

The Passion of Creation - Leonid Pasternak - See above comment

Atlas holding up the celestial globe - Guercino - Neddie has the weight of the world on his shoulders

The Dog - Francisco Goya - Pathetic and dog. Ned described in three words

Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - Do I need to say it?

You Flatter Me! - Louis Wain - look at that sad, fluffy cat. Neddie.

Storm at Sea off the Norwegian Coast - Andreas Achenbach - It’s a sea scape. It’s stormy. If that’s not Edward’s life I don’t know what is

A dog and her puppies - Henriette Ronner - Tired, dog. Ned!!

Male Nude - William Etty - MUTTONCHOPS (side note, if you want horny 1800s art look him up it’s great)

Hope - George Frederic Watts - Edward is the most hopeful about getting rescued

A woman does her hair in the mirror - Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg - Girlnavy Ned!!!!

Guernica - Pablo Picasso - it’s chaotic and I imagine that’s what the inside of Edward’s mind looks like

The Creation of Adam - Michelangelo- It just Vibes honestly

George Hodgson:

David and Saul - Julius Kronberg - the “that Babylonian twink is King David” post lives rent free in my mind and feels very Hodge. Also it’s a musical instrument and he’s very musical

Saturn Devouring his Son - Francisco Goya - He suggests cannibalism before Hickey does.

Harpy - Edvard Munch - Creepy and mythological. Felt sort of Hodge

Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X - Francis Bacon - creepy, my love of Francis Bacon persists, and the whole Catholic Guilt Speech Thing

Sailing Ship with Dinghy - Egon Schiele - Boat innit.

Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - Yeah.

Marie Antoinette with a Rose - Louise Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun - Carnivale costume!!!

Apollo and the Muses (The Parnassus) (but just Apollo) - Michel Dorigny - Apollo is the god of music and Hodge is very musical. Also gay.

Impression, Sunrise - Claude Monet - It’s a seascape and I have a weakness for Monet.

Still Life: Vase With Pink Roses - Vincent Van Gogh - I have a weakness for Van Gogh as well and it Vibed

Geese in the Creek - Claude Monet - See above about weakness and vibes

John Irving:

The Wounded Angel - Hugo Simberg - Religious imagery!!!!

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas - Caravaggio - religious imagery again, plus Jirv gets stabbed and someone should have fingered those wounds

Bracing the Waves - Ivan Aivazovsky - we’ve established how yummy I think these paintings are

Irises - Vincent Van Gogh - Once an again, my weakness for Van Gogh. Also irises are navy and his uniform is navy I guess

The Church At Auvers - Vincent Van Gogh - It’s a church. It’s Jirv. Enough said really

John of Arc - Albert Lynch - Religious imagery again, and there’s only so many Jesus paintings I’m willing to look at

They forged the last link with their lives: HMS Erebus and Terror, 1849-50 - William Thomas Smith - LOOK A DIFFERENT TERROR PAINTING

Agnus Dei - Francisco De Zurbarán - More religious imagery but a sheep this time!!

The Dead Christ - Philippe de Champaigne - It’s Christ again.

The Dog - Francisco Goya - It’s the pathetic dog again. I really like Goya

Henry Le Vesconte:

Bacchus - Caravaggio - Once again my mythology thing shines through. I just Know Dundy Parties

Winter - Vilhelms Purvītis - It’s wintry and grey

Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear - Vincent Van Gogh - Dundy loses toes. Van Gogh loses an ear. Fits to me

HMS Clio - Unknown - it’s the boat he was on Pre-Expedition. Also quite grey

Edward III - Unknown - Carnivale costume!!! (As much as I want it to be Richard III I know it is not. Plus Richard stuck out like a sore thumb 😔)

Guernica - Pablo Picasso - grey. That’s kind of it really

Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - it’s the Franklin expedition.

Girl with a Mandolin - Pablo Picasso - once again. Grey.

Egrets in Flight - Ohara Koson - grey again.

Surprise!/Tiger in a Tropical Storm - the Dundy/James cheetah thing, but there’s no good paintings of cheetahs

Still Life: Apples and Biscuits - John F. Francis - thank youuuu @fitzloser for reminding me of the biscuit thing

HMS Erebus in the Ice, 1846 - François Musin - A DIFFERENT WREBUS PAINTING SHOCK HORROR

On the Steamer Bremen, Off Nova Scotia, 1880 - Seascape, Canada, grey

Thomas Jopson:

Self-Portrait with Dr Arrietta - It reminded me of him looking after Crozier so they match

Composition with Red, Blue and Yellow - Piet Mondrian - it’s very neat and that feels very Jop

HMS 'Erebus' and 'Terror' in the Antarctic - John Wilson Carmichael - LOOK DIFFERENT TERROR PAINTING ARE YOU IMPRESSED

Truth coming from the well armed with her whip to chastise humanity - Jean-Léon Gérôme - she looks like Girlnavy Jopson and also the whip? Jopflogging. It compels me.

Evening Light in Wintertime - Bror Lindh - Winter. Also the same colour as Jopson’s eyes. The eyes are a theme.

Wheatfield with Cypresses - Vincent Van Gogh - It’s my favourite Van Gogh and also the same colour as his eyes

Lucifer - Franz Von Stuck - It’s got really piercing eyes, you can’t see it that well. Trust me

Blue Nude - Pablo Picasso - it’s blue like his eyes. Also if you imagine scars there it’s girlnavy joplogging. I’ve got jopflogging on the mind okay

The Bat Woman - Alfred Pénot - Once again, girlnavy Jop. Also once again, Weird Eyes that you can’t see in this image

Black Backed Gull - Ken Currie - The bird Jopson sees while Peglar is dying behind him. I also really like Ken Currie his art is so creepy it’s great

The Last Supper - Leonardo Da Vinci - The whole hallucinating a feast thing

Man Proposes, God Disposes -Edwin Landseer - yeah. Just. Yeah.

Waterlilies - Claude Monet - they matched Crozier.

Thomas Blanky:

Bacchus - Sergey Solomko - It’s Blanky’s Carnivale costume (also I prefer this Bacchus to the Caravaggio one)

Perilous Position of HMS 'Terror', Captain Back, in the Arctic Regions in the Summer of 1837 - William Smyth - He’s on Terror too innit.

Wanderer above the Sea of Fog - Caspar David Friedrich - it matched Crozier, and also the thing of the expedition never stopping being an adventure for him

Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - he literally gets eaten by Tuunbaq it couldn’t not be here

Figure in Sea - Francis Bacon - My thing for Francis Bacon strikes again. That’s kind of it honestly

The Northern Lights - Sydney Laurence - It’s the northern lights and him and Francis watch them from the boat and just. Yeah.

Winter - Alphonse Mucha - he’s the ice master and I Adore Mucha and if I could have fitted more of his paintings into these I would

Cassandra - Evelyne De Morgan - He also doesn’t get listened to, like Francis

In a Roman Osteria - Carl Bloch - do you have any idea how hard it is to find a painting with forks in it???? Cause I do. Also I feel like he’d judge like that if given an adequate gossiping partner

Between the waves - Ivan Aivazovsky - Again, I want to eat it. Again, it matches Crozier although I admit it wasn’t on purpose this time

Drunken Silenus supported by Satyrs - Possibly Anthony van Dyck - That’s so Blanky. Drunk old man who’s friends with Bacchus? Yeah. Blanky.

Winter Night - Bror Lindh - again. It’s winter. And pretty colours

Silna:

Cassandra - Evelyn De Morgan - there’s a line in the song Cassandra by Florence and the Machine that’s “they cut out my tongue” and I thought it fit so well (it’s arguably my favourite song)

Three Walrus - Sheouak Petaulassie - I wanted to include some Inuit art for Silna and I really liked this one

Northern Light - Bror Lindh - Pretty and snowy

The Icebergs - Frederic Edwin Church - It’s icebergs around Canada, essentially

Illustration from Charles Francis Hall's Arctic Researches and Life Among the Esquimaux, 1865 - I really liked it, and the (unfortunately titled) book it’s from is primarily about the Franklin Expedition

While and Polar Bear (no that’s not a typo, it doesn’t come up if you search “whale”. I don’t know) - Kestutis Kasparavicius - It’s just so sweet and I thought it was quite her

Diana - Auguste Renoir - I am a fiend for Greek/Roman mythology, and Diana being the goddess of the hunt felt quite fitting

Sunrise after a long winter night - David Abbey Paige - so pretty and snowy

The Sea of Ice - Caspar David Friedrich - Again, icy, of the Arctic

The Enchanted Owl - Kenojuak Ashevak - another print by an Inuit artist that I really liked (it was also on Canadian stamps in the 70s which I think is so neat)

Man Proposes, God Disposes - Edwin Landseer - yes it’s here again, there are like only two famous paintings of polar bears and the other is Nelson beating one to death and that was not a vibe. So Snarfin on them ribs it is.