# The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine

> The source of the tissue samples behind the lead-poisoning reading; the headboards on the island are replicas.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition/artifacts/ART0D59KCHM3VJ6/the-beechey-island-graves-of-john-torrington-john-hartnell  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (credit Mysteries Department and link the page)  

---

[Mysteries](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries)[Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition)[Artifacts](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition#artifacts)The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine

**ART** 0D59KCHM3VJ6·Artifact · object

# The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine

PhotographCC BY-SA 2.5Burials January to April 1846; exhumed 1984 and 1986

[Cite]

[![The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/franklin-expedition-a-beechey-graves-c0)](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/franklin-expedition-a-beechey-graves-c0?w=2000)

The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine: picture

[![The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine: picture](https://mysteriesdept.com/media/folio/franklin-expedition-a-beechey-graves-c0)][![The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine: photo](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/v/60a82fa8a9a4ce30aa11283e27a0121216f357072d70429ab2deccd385647edb/w800)]

The source of the tissue samples behind the lead-poisoning reading; the headboards on the island are replicas.

Ansgar Walk, 1846. CC BY-SA 2.5

## Copies 2

**Picture** Ansgar Walk · commons.wikimedia.org · CC BY-SA 2.51 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beechey_Island_Graves_1_1997-08-02.jpg)

**Photo** Ansgar Walk · commons.wikimedia.org · 1997-08-02 · CC BY-SA 2.51 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Beechey_Island_Graves_1_1997-08-02.jpg)[Download](https://mysteriesdept.com/files/d/60a82fa8a9a4ce30aa11283e27a0121216f357072d70429ab2deccd385647edb)

## Where it is kept

[Beechey Island, Nunavut](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D59JQSJ37J4/beechey-island-nunavut) · Island

## Sources 1

- [Source identification of lead found in tissues of sailors from the Franklin Arctic Expedition of 1845](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D59JNV25W71/source-identification-of-lead-found-in-tissues-of-sailors)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). The Beechey Island graves of John Torrington, John Hartnell and William Braine [Artifact ART0D59KCHM3VJ6]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D59KCHM3VJ6
```

Key

**ART** 0D59KCHM3VJ6

Kind

Object

Held by

in situ, Beechey Island (bodies exhumed for study in 1984 and 1986 and reburied)

Dated

burials January to April 1846; exhumed 1984 and 1986

Licence

CC BY-SA 2.5

Place

[Beechey Island, Nunavut](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D59JQSJ37J4/beechey-island-nunavut)

Part of

[Franklin expedition (HMS Erebus and HMS Terror)](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/franklin-expedition)

The record

Every record is open data. Take this one as JSON, with its links and its history.

[JSON](https://mysteriesdept.com/api/v1/records/ART0D59KCHM3VJ6)