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Auction archive: Lot number 186

Herbert Ponting and Henry Bowers | Eighteen photographs of the British Antarctic "Terra Nova" Expedition, 1910-13

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,165 - US$6,943
Price realised:
£3,780
ca. US$5,248
Auction archive: Lot number 186

Herbert Ponting and Henry Bowers | Eighteen photographs of the British Antarctic "Terra Nova" Expedition, 1910-13

Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$4,165 - US$6,943
Price realised:
£3,780
ca. US$5,248
Beschreibung:

Herbert Ponting and Henry Bowers Twenty photographs of the British Antarctic "Terra Nova" Expedition, 1910-13 20 vintage silver prints (each approximately 190 x 240mm., or the reverse), 18 by Ponting and 2 by Bowers, unmounted, each with a Paul Popper Photographic Agency label on the reverse A FINE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. All the photographs were taken on Captain Scott's 1910-13 "Terra Nova" expedition to the South Pole. Eighteen of the photographs were taken by the official expedition photographer Herbert Ponting and two by Lieut. Henry R. Bowers en route to and at the South Pole. The photographs are captioned as follows:Dr WilsonCapt. OatesLieut. BowersPetty Officer EvansThe Terra Nova iceboundA Grotto in an IcebergAdelie Penguins at Cape RoydsThe Ramparts of Mount ErebusThe Freezing of the SeaDog Team Resting by an IcebergThe deck of Terra NovaThe TenementsCapt. Scott's Last Birthday DinnerDrifting Icebergs off Cape RoydsSeals basking on pancake iceAn iceberg in midsummerThe castle bergThe Five at the South Pole (by Bowers)The Polar Party on the Trail (by Bowers)The Last RestCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The

Auction archive: Lot number 186
Auction:
Datum:
27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
Beschreibung:

Herbert Ponting and Henry Bowers Twenty photographs of the British Antarctic "Terra Nova" Expedition, 1910-13 20 vintage silver prints (each approximately 190 x 240mm., or the reverse), 18 by Ponting and 2 by Bowers, unmounted, each with a Paul Popper Photographic Agency label on the reverse A FINE COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE GOLDEN AGE OF ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION. All the photographs were taken on Captain Scott's 1910-13 "Terra Nova" expedition to the South Pole. Eighteen of the photographs were taken by the official expedition photographer Herbert Ponting and two by Lieut. Henry R. Bowers en route to and at the South Pole. The photographs are captioned as follows:Dr WilsonCapt. OatesLieut. BowersPetty Officer EvansThe Terra Nova iceboundA Grotto in an IcebergAdelie Penguins at Cape RoydsThe Ramparts of Mount ErebusThe Freezing of the SeaDog Team Resting by an IcebergThe deck of Terra NovaThe TenementsCapt. Scott's Last Birthday DinnerDrifting Icebergs off Cape RoydsSeals basking on pancake iceAn iceberg in midsummerThe castle bergThe Five at the South Pole (by Bowers)The Polar Party on the Trail (by Bowers)The Last RestCondition reportCondition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate The lot is sold in the condition it is in at the time of sale. The

Auction archive: Lot number 186
Auction:
Datum:
27 Apr 2021 - 13 May 2021
Auction house:
Sotheby's
London
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