Women's Museum of Australia

Jane FRANKLIN

Also known as: née Griffin, Lady Franklin

Born: 4 December 1791

Died: 18 July 1875

Additional Information:

Wife of Sir John FRANKLIN, Governor of Tasmania between 1837-1843. She was a controversial reformer for the welfare of convicts and public education

Image - Lady Jane Franklin

Description: Jane Franklin in the NYPL [The New York Public Library] sketched in 1816 by Amelie Romilly in Geneva Date: 1816 Source: https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-22d3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 Author: chalk drawing by Amelie Romilly in Geneva

Wikimedia Commons: File:Jane Franklin in the NYPL.jpg
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