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Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935)
Lot 100 THE POLAR REGIONS (LOTS 100-106)

Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935)

Captain Scott writing up his Journal, Scott's Last Expedition (11 October 1911)

Closed10 April 2014

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GBP 3,000

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Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935)
Captain Scott writing up his Journal, Scott's Last Expedition (11 October 1911)
signed ‘H. G. Ponting’ (lower right), the artist’s stamps ‘HERBERT G. PONTING, F.R.G.S. / Copyright.' and ‘PHOTOGRAPH BY HERBERT G. PONTING, F.R.G.S. /(…) ..PEDITION 1910’ on the reverse
sepia toned carbon print
14 x 17.1/2in. (35.6 x 44.3cm.)
together with a copy of the Daily Mirror, Wednesday, 21 May 1913 (Scott Commemorative Issue).

Specialist note

A special print by Ponting, smaller than the 'C' (23in. width) standard print of this subject offered at the Fine Art Society selling exhibition. The subject was described in the exhibition catalogue: '46. Captain Scott writing in his Diary. A portrait of the leader in the hut at Cape Evans. It was made three weeks before he left for the Great Ice Barrier, on the final stage of the search for the Pole. It shows the entire space retained by Captain Scott in the hut.'