 Collectors' List No. 108 • 2004Ice & Snow: Antarctica and Mt Everest |
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128 After Capt R.F. Scott [Had we lived . . .], c1920. Illuminated text in red and black calligraphy; 18 x 13cm (text); 32 x 24.5cm (board). Insect damage to text and board. Laid out in eight lines of text taken from the closing words of Scott's last letter: "Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance, and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. R. Scott." |
$550 |
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129 Beresford (a) E.H. Shackleton. C.V.O.; (b) S.S."Nimrod"; (c) "The Nimrod" Dec '07 Lyttelton, c1907. Process engraving, postcard format; titled in image below (a & b); silver gelatin photograph, postcard format; titled in white ink on image below (c); 13.9 x 8.9cm (a), 8.8 x 14cm (b), 14.1 x 8.8cm (c).Worn corners (a, b & c); major stain centre left (c). |
$390 |
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130 Lieut H.R. Bowers... ...Camp at the South Pole. Scott's failed mission to the South Pole: Last camp where Scott died. January 18, 1912, 1912. Silver gelatin photograph; original exhibition label from the Fine Art Society verso; and Graves Gallery stamp; 27.5 x 38cm. Laid down on original board, slight foxing on image in background. Titled by hand and lettered "D" in exhibition label with letterpress statement: Notice. This photograph is enlarged from a negative made by Mr H.G. Ponting during the British Antarctic expedition and is copyrighted in all countries. Sole agents: The Fine Art Society, 148 New Bond Street, London. All five men died in their attempt to reach the South Pole. Their bodies were found eight months later, and their diaries and film were recovered. This is one of the supplementary photographs offered in Ponting's exhibition at the Fine Art Society in 1913: "it was felt that a selection of the photographs taken ...at the South Pole must be included, as they are without doubt the most tragically interesting in existence." (The Fine Art Society exhibition catalogue: The British Antarctic expedition 1910-1913 . . . .) |
$9,900 |
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131 Sir Tannatt WE David Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David (1858-1934). Letter signed by David in his capacity as Chair of Geology at Sydney University. 1p, 8vo. Sydney, October 1 1891. Together with seven silver gelatin photographs, mounted on one board consisting of five contact prints, approximately 10.4 x 6.5cm, and two postcard size photographs, each 8.7 x 13.8cm. The letter thanks "My dear Sir" for his offer of "shale containing fossil impressions of Glossopteris". The photographs relate to David’s participation in Shackleton’s expedition to the South Pole in 1907. The contact prints were taken on board the Nimrod before its departure for the South Pole. The two silver gelatin photographs depict the reception in the Great Hall of Sydney University after their return from the South Pole, one displaying the sled and garments used in the expedition. Sir Tannatt William Edgeworth David joined Shackleton’s expedition to Antarctica in December 1907, and in March 1908 he led the first party to ascend the volcanic Mount Erebus. In January 1909 he was the first to reach the South Magnetic Pole. In 1924 he discovered what he claimed were the world’s oldest animal fossils. His book Geology of the Commonwealth, which remained unfinished due to his death from war wounds, was completed by Dr. W.B. Browne, and published in 1950. |
$1,650 |
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132 Reginald Haines [Frank Hurley], c1917. Silver gelatin photograph; autographed and inscribed below by Hurley on studio presentation backing with letterpress. 21.6 x 16cm (image). Fading to edges of photograph, water stains to backing lower margin Inscribed: "With kind regards, Frank Hurley." Letterpress imprint: Portrait by Reginald Haines, 4 Southhampton Row, London, WC. Under Royal Patronage. |
$3,300 |
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133 Rotary Photo (a) Capt Scott; (b) The South Polar expedition: Captain Scott and his exploration ship "Terra Nova", c1910. Silver gelatin photograph postcards; titled and studio name in margin below; 12.5 x 8cm (a); 7.6 x 13cm (b). |
The pair $330 |
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