Frank Hurley 1907 to 1950s
Collectors' List 120 2006

21 [Shakespeare,...
...Leader of Hurley's Sledge Team], 1915. Silver gelatin photograph, 5.7 x 8.1cm.? $1,650
Illustrated with caption in RGS, South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917; The Photographs of Frank Hurley, 2001, p283: "… [Shakespeare] leader of Hurley's team, surveys the ice from atop a hummock. The dog next in line is Bob who, in Hurley's opinion, was Shakespeare's brother. Hurley's other 'sledgers' were Rugby, Rufus, Sailor, Hackenschmidt, Noel, Jerry and Martin."
$1,650
22 [Hurley's Sledge Team]
1915. Silver gelatin photograph, 5.9 x 8.1cm.
Illustrated with caption in RGS, South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917; The Photographs of Frank Hurley, 2001, p277.

$1,650
23 [Stores Being Transferred...
...to the "Stancomb-Wills"], 1916. Silver gelatin photograph, 7.8 x 12.1cm.
Illustrated with caption in RGS, South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917; The Photographs of Frank Hurley, 2001, p300: "Stores being transferred to the Stancomb-Wills (just visible through the men) for transport to the James Caird, secured by a long painter, April 24, 1916."

$3,300
24 [The Hut on Elephant Island]
1916. Silver gelatin photo-graph, 7.7 x 12.1cm.
Illustrated with caption in RGS, South with Endurance: Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917; The Photographs of Frank Hurley, 2001, p301: "The 'hut' on Elephant Island just after its completion, before the chimney was made and put in place by A.J. Kerr on May 3, 1916."
$3,300
25 Shackleton's Glacier
c1917/1922. Silver gelatin photo-graph, printed title on backing below, 15.3 x 19.5cm. Slight scuff marks and discolouration to edges, old glue stains and paper remnants from original album page verso.
L285/#1297
Illustrated with caption in Alexander, The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Expedition, 1998, p154: "South Georgia Island. Looking into the unchartered interior of the island." Provenance: From an album of Antarctic photographs presented by Hurley to Archdeacon John Bidwell in 1922.


$4,400
26 Snow Capped Peaks,...
...South Georgia, c1917/1922. Silver gelatin photograph, printed title on backing below, 15.1 x 19.5cm. Slight scuffing to surface, old glue stains and paper remnants from original album page verso.
L285/#1299
Illustrated with caption in RGS, South with Endurance, Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917. The Photographs of Frank Hurley, 2001, p316. Provenance: From an album of Antarctic photographs presented by Hurley to Archdeacon John Bidwell in 1922.

$4,400
27 Shackleton's Glacier,...
...South Georgia Island, c1917/1922. Silver gelatin photograph, printed title on backing below, 15.1 x 19.4cm. Slight discolouration to edges, old glue stains and paper remnants from original album page verso.
L285/#1294
Illustrated with caption in Alexander, The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Expedition, 1998, p142. Provenance: From an album of Antarctic photographs presented by Hurley to Archdeacon John Bidwell in 1922.

$4,400
28 The Crystal Canoe,...
...the Fortuna Glacier, 1917/1922. Silver gelatin photograph, signed in ink on image lower left, printed title on backing below, 15.9 x 19.5cm. Slight silvering to top edge, old glue stains and paper remnants from original album page verso.
L285/#1316
Illustrated in Ennis, Man with a Camera, 2002, p32 and Millar, From Snowdrift to Shellfire, 1984, p43. Provenance: From an album of Antarctic photographs presented by Hurley to Archdeacon John Bidwell in 1922.

$7,700
29 Drifting Ice
c1917/1922. Silver gelatin photograph, printed title on backing below, 15.6 x 19.5cm. Chip to upper left corner, slight discolouration to edges, old glue stains and paper remnants from original album page verso.
L285/#1302
Probably South Georgia, part of Hamberg Glacier. Provenance: From an album of Antarctic photographs presented by Hurley to Archdeacon John Bidwell in 1922.

$4,400
30 The De Geer Glacier,...
...South Georgia, c1917/1922. Silver gelatin photograph, printed title on backing below, 15.7 x 19.4cm. Slight discolouration to edges, minor indentations, old glue stains and paper remnants from original album page verso.
L285/#1293
Provenance: From an album of Antarctic photographs presented by Hurley to Archdeacon John Bidwell in 1922.

$4,400