Polar Exploration Interest - Three late 19th Century watercolours heightened with white, each pertaining to Sir John Franklin's 'Lost' expedition in search of the Northwest Passage, of 1845-1848, each with unidentified monogram "HK" [or KH] and date [18] "/ 89" lower left, dated '1892' (lower left) and inscribed in pencil to the backs as follows: "HMS Erebus and Terror Wintwering at Beechey Island, Melville Sound 1845 / 1846, the first year of the expedition" "HMS Erebus + Terror Abandoned April 25 1848" "The Last of the Expedition, Frozen to Death"Each 10.5cm x 14.5cm, in wash-lined card mount, framed under glass, with label of A. Whibe & Co. Ltd., 18 Promenade, Cheltenham verso, A lot with similar description (but no illustration) sold Christies King Street, Maritime Art, 11th November 2009, lot 27, as follows:"English School (c.1892), Sir John Franklin's expedition in search of the North West Passage, 1845: H.M.S. Erebus and Terror passing their first winter at Beechey Island, Melville Sound, signed with unidentified monogram (lower right), dated '1892' (lower left) and inscribed with title (on the reverse), pencil and watercolour heightened with white, 4¼ x 5½ in. (10.8 x 14 cm)".