Live Auction 6911Travel, Science and Natural History
[Ernest Henry SHACKLETON (1874-1922)]
Lot 155 ANOTHER PROPERTY

[Ernest Henry SHACKLETON (1874-1922)]

A full-length portrait photograph of Shackleton

Closed9 October 2012

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GBP 1,187

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[Ernest Henry SHACKLETON (1874-1922)]
A full-length portrait photograph of Shackleton
inscribed 'To Western from a brother shellback E.H. Shackleton 25 April 1918 "Cedric"' (lower right)
6¼ x 4in. (16 x 10.2cm)

Specialist note

Shackleton was in Buenos Aires between October 1917 and April 1918, attempting to persuade Argentina and Chile to join the war on the allied side, and it seems probable this photograph was taken in or near Buenos Aires.