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IMPERIAL TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION (1914-1917) - DR. ALEXANDER HEPBURNE MACKLIN OBE, MC, TD (1889-1967)TWELVE STONES FROM ELEPHANT ISLAND
Lot 519 Property from the Collection of David Gainsborough Roberts

IMPERIAL TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION (1914-1917) - DR. ALEXANDER HEPBURNE MACKLIN OBE, MC, TD (1889-1967)TWELVE STONES FROM ELEPHANT ISLAND

COLLECTED IN 1916

Closed14 September 2016

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IMPERIAL TRANS-ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION (1914-1917) - DR. ALEXANDER HEPBURNE MACKLIN OBE, MC, TD (1889-1967)
TWELVE STONES FROM ELEPHANT ISLAND
COLLECTED IN 1916
In a cardboard container, inscribed 'Stones from Elephant Island', with label numbered '362'
The largest: 1 ¼ in. (3.2 cm.) long

Alexander Hepburne Macklin.
Thence by descent.
Christie's, London, 25 September 2001, lot 205.

Specialist note

'Monday Aug. 14th... This morning I went along the shore and collected a few small stones which I intend to take home' (Macklin, Endurance journal entry).

Dr. Macklin was one of two surgeons on Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Atlantic Expedition (or Endurance Expedition). He also joined Shackleton in 1921-22 on his last expedition on the Quest.