A strange bit of Victorian fan art has popped up on Abe: "The ships #Erebus and #Terror in the Arctic". The artist is unknown, as is the date. And the only clue is an old piece of paper on the back of the painting...

It reads "The sailing ships ('Erebus' and 'Terror') passing through the Davis Straig(ht) in 1846 [the 6 later "corrected" to 7]. It was on this expedition that #SirJohnFranklin discovered the #NorthWestPassage, and in which he lost his life".

The seller notes: "Since no one who saw the ships in these waters survived, the anonymous artist who made the present painting appears to have turned to an 1847 painting of the same ships by John Wilson Carmichael in London, though he did not copy it."

Here's the listing: https://tinyurl.com/yxp2yf67 

It's [checks price] ... er, not cheap. But it's a lovely little oddity, and I'll bet there's a great story behind it.