• Auction 6934

    Exploration and Travel with The Polar Sale

    23 September 2004, London

    SALE TOTAL: 1,379,881 (GBP)
142 Lots for Sale 6934
Lot 1
EMANUEL BOWEN (c.1693-1767)

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£6,572
($11,804)
Lot 2
HERMAN MOLL (c.1654-1732)

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£3,824
($6,867)
Lot 3
WILLIAM HERBERT (1718-1795)

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£19,120
($34,339)
Lot 5
Giovanni Jean Schranz (1794-1882)
H.M.S. Hannibal 91., bearing the flag of Real Admiral Rodney Mundy C.B.,...
watercolour on paper

14¼ x 21½in. (37.4 x 54.7cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,184 - $10,776)

price realized
£11,950
($21,462)
Lot 6
RICHARD POCOCKE (1704-1765)

estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($2,694 - $4,490)

price realized
£2,629
($4,721)
Lot 6 A
DAVID ROBERTS, R.A. (1796-1864)

estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($26,940 - $35,920)

price realized
£31,070
($55,801)
Lot 7
Edward Lear (1812-1888)
Damascus
watercolour heightened with white on light brown paper

7 x 14¾in. (17.8 x 37.5cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £25,000
($35,920 - $44,900)

price realized
£20,315
($36,485)
Lot 11
FREDERICK LEWIS NORDEN (1708-1742)

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£3,824
($6,867)
Lot 12
French School, 1861
Ruisseau des créoles (Mauritius)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on paper

11¾ x 9 5/8in. (29.7 x 24.4cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,592 - $5,388)

price realized
£2,390
($4,292)
Lot 14
WILLIAM DANIELL (1769-1837) AND SAMUEL DAVIS (1760-1819)

estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($12,572 - $17,960)

price realized
£8,365
($15,023)
Lot 16
Jose Honorato Lozano (c.1815-c.1885)
Eulalia N de Roca: a letras e figuras composition including three views...
watercolour on Manila paper

23 x 28in. (58.4 x 71.2cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($35,920 - $53,880)

price realized
£16,730
($30,047)
Lot 17
JEAN-BAPTISTE DU HALDE (1674-1743)

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,592 - $5,388)

price realized
£2,270
($4,077)
Lot 19
JOHN THOMSON

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($8,980 - $14,368)

price realized
£17,925
($32,193)
Lot 20
Namcheong (fl.c.1840-1870)
Chinese River Landscapes
oil on canvas

20 x 16in. (50.8 x 40.7cm.) (2)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,960 - $26,940)

price realized
£10,755
($19,315)
Lot 21
AWNSHAM (d. 1728) and JOHN CHURCHILL (fl. 1695)

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,184 - $10,776)

price realized
£4,182
($7,511)
Lot 22
JOHN HARRIS (1667?-1719)

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,184 - $10,776)

price realized
£5,736
($10,301)
Lot 23
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (1728-1779)

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,184 - $10,776)

price realized
£16,730
($30,047)
Lot 24
GEORGE WILLIAM ANDERSON

estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($2,694 - $4,490)

price realized
£3,585
($6,438)
Lot 27
[Captain James Cook (1728-1779)]
A pocket hammer carried by Captain Cook
a steel hammer or combination tool, probably Continental, late 17th or early 18th century, the tapering cylindrical handle with moulded terminals, engraved with foliage bands, the head with square central knop with cut corners engraved with rosettes, with turned balaster end and flattened end, engraved with stylised tulips

7¾in. (19.7cm.) long
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($35,920 - $53,880)

price realized
£71,700
($128,773)
Lot 29
HEINRICH ZIMMERMANN

estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($8,980 - $14,368)

price realized
£5,736
($10,301)
Lot 31
After John Webber, R.A.
A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean... for making discoveries in the Northern...
published by W. & A.Strahan for G.Nicol and T.Cadell, London, 1784
six framed, fifteen window mounted (21)

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,437 - $2,155)

price realized
£836
($1,502)
Lot 32
SIGMUND WAGNER (1759-1835)

estimate
£1,000 - £1,200
($1,796 - $2,155)

price realized
£1,553
($2,790)
Lot 33
After John Webber, R.A.
The Death of Captain Cook, by F.Bartolozzi and W.W.Byrne
engraving, published by J.Webber and W.Byrne, London, 1 January 1784
unframed

S. 19¼ x 24¼in. (48.9 x 61.6cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($2,694 - $4,490)

price realized
£3,346
($6,009)
Lot 34
After John Webber R.A. and others
The Death of Captain Cook: a folio of prints comprising Mort du Capitaine...
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($2,694 - $4,490)

price realized
£2,390
($4,292)
Lot 35
JOHN CLEVELEY (1747-1786)
Views in the South Seas (4)
estimate
£100,000 - £150,000
($179,600 - $269,400)

price realized
£318,850
($572,654)
Lot 36
JOHN CLEVELEY (1747-1786)
'Captain Cook's Ships, Adventure and Resolution, in the Tagus off Belem...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£7,767
($13,950)
Lot 37
JOHN CLEVELEY (1747-1786)
Nearing Harbour
watercolour on paper

9 x 12¼in. (22.8 x 31.2cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£2,629
($4,721)
Lot 38
JOHN CLEVELEY (1747-1786)
Dunkirk with a view of the Church & Belfry, now removed (from a drawing made on...
watercolour on paper

8½ x 12in. (21.6 x 30.5cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£2,629
($4,721)
Lot 40
After John Cleveley
Views in the South Seas: A View of Huaheine; A View in Moorea; A View in...
handcoloured aquatints, published by J. Martyn, London, [1787-8]

L. 16 7/8 x 23¼in. (42.8 x 59.1cm.)
L. 17¼ x 24in. (43.8 x 60.9cm.)
L. 17 x 24in. (43.2 x 60.9cm.)
L. 17 x 23½in. (43.2 x 59.7cm.) (4)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£7,767
($13,950)
Lot 41
After John Cleveley
Views in the South Seas: A View of Huaheine; A View in Matavai Bay; and A View...
handcoloured aquatints, published by J.Martyn, London, [1787-8]
unframed

L.17 x 23 5/8in. (43.2 x 60cm.)
L.17 x 23½in. (43.2 x 59.7cm.)
L.16¾ x 23¼in. (42.5 x 59.1cm.) (3)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($2,694 - $4,490)

price realized
£3,107
($5,580)
Lot 42
THOMAS MARTYN (fl.1760-1816)
The Universal Conchologist, exhibiting the figure of every known shell...
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£5,019
($9,014)
Lot 48
After William John Huggins
The East India Ship Mellish entering Sydney, by E. Duncan
handcoloured aquatint, published by W. J. Huggins, London
unframed

S. 17¾ x 22 7/8in. (45.2 x 58.1cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£2,629
($4,721)
Lot 50
[WILLIAM BLIGH (1754-1817)] William Bligh's George III gold mounted...
UNMARKED, LATE 18TH CENTURY
The case 3¾in. (10cm.) long
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£3,346
($6,009)
Lot 57
Circle of Benjamin Duterrau (1767-1851)
A View of Mt. Wellington and Hobart Town looking across the Derwent from...
oil on canvas

19 x 25in. (48.3 x 63.6cm.)
estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,776 - $14,368)

price realized
£6,572
($11,804)
Lot 60
Thomas Gosse (1765-1844)
Transplanting of the Bread Fruit Trees from Otaheite
handcoloured mezzotint, published by T. Gosse, London, 1796
unframed

S. 21¼ x 25¼in. (54 x 64.1cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£5,975
($10,731)
Lot 61
CONRAD MARTENS (1801-1878)
Moorea from Papeete Harbour, Tahiti
oil on canvas

13 x 19in. (33 x 48.3cm.)
estimate
£20,000 - £30,000
($35,920 - $53,880)

price realized
£23,900
($42,924)
Lot 62
GEORGE ANSON BYRON, 7TH BARON BYRON (1789-1868)

estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,257 - $1,796)

price realized
£717
($1,287)
Lot 63
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM JAMES BURNEY, ROYAL MARINES, HMS TALBOT, PACIFIC

estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,776 - $14,368)

price realized
£6,572
($11,804)
Lot 64
[John Lort Stokes (1812-1885)]
[John Lort Stokes (1812-1885)]
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£1,195
($2,146)
Lot 65
[John Lort Stokes (1812-1885)]

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,694 - $3,592)

price realized
£1,792
($3,219)
Lot 66
Robert FitzRoy (1805-1865)

estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,184 - $10,776)

price realized
£6,572
($11,804)
Lot 67
WILLIAM PATERSON (1755-1810)

estimate
£1,100 - £1,600
($1,976 - $2,874)

price realized
£2,390
($4,292)
Lot 68
MARTIN HEINRICH CARL LICHTENSTEIN (1780-1857)

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£956
($1,716)
Lot 69
SAMUEL DANIELL (1755-1811)

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($2,155 - $3,233)

price realized
£1,912
($3,433)
Lot 70
ANDREW SMITH (1797-1872)

estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,776 - $14,368)

price realized
£7,170
($12,877)
Lot 71
WILLAM CORNWALLIS HARRIS (1807-1848)

estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,776 - $14,368)

price realized
£7,170
($12,877)
Lot 72
WILLIAM CORNWALLIS HARRIS (1807-1848)

estimate
£3,500 - £5,500
($6,286 - $9,878)

price realized
£3,824
($6,867)
Lot 73
WILLIAM CORNWALLIS HARRIS (1807-1848)

estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,257 - $1,796)

price realized
£717
($1,287)
Lot 74
William Cornwallis Harris (1807-1848)
The Belle of Litakoo
pencil and watercolour
unframed

8 x 9½in. (20.3 x 24.1cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,694 - $3,592)

price realized
£1,792
($3,219)
Lot 75
PHILIP LUTLEY SCLATER (1829-1913) AND MICHAEL ROGERS OLDFIELD THOMAS (1858-1929)

estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($8,980 - $12,572)

price realized
£6,572
($11,804)
Lot 76
Henry Salt (1780-1827)
Town of Dixan in Abyssinia
watercolour on paper

16 7/8 x 21 3/8in. (42.9 x 54.3cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,184 - $10,776)

price realized
£4,182
($7,511)
Lot 78
DAVID LIVINGSTONE (1813-1873)

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£3,107
($5,580)
Lot 79
DAVID LIVINGSTONE

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,960 - $26,940)

price realized
£9,560
($17,169)
Lot 85
[HENRY MORTON STANLEY (1841-1904)]

estimate
£500 - £800
($898 - $1,437)

price realized
£2,748
($4,936)
Lot 86
[Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)]

estimate
£600 - £800
($1,078 - $1,437)

price realized
£597
($1,073)
Lot 87
[Henry Morton Stanley (1841-1904)]

estimate
£500 - £800
($898 - $1,437)

price realized
£478
($858)
Lot 88
HENRY MORTON STANLEY (1841-1904)

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,592 - $5,388)

price realized
£7,767
($13,950)
Lot 89
JEAN-BAPTISTE LABAT (1663/4-1738)

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,694 - $3,592)

price realized
£1,673
($3,004)
Lot 98
Captain Henry Butler (fl. c.1835-1850)
The Bocas = the entrance to the Gulf of Paria, Pelican; The Silk Cotton Tree,...
pen and ink, watercolour and coloured chalks heightened with white and scratching out on paper
unframed

11 x 14¾in. (28 x 37.5cm.) and smaller (6)
estimate
£600 - £1,000
($1,078 - $1,796)

price realized
£597
($1,073)
Lot 100
Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888)
Brown Studies. An album comprising 15 studies of landscapes and scenery...
pen and brown ink with sepia wash on paper, the fourth sheet watermark 1839, the ninth watermark J Whatman Turkey Mill

4° (430 x 350mm.), the drawings mounted (some detached) on broad sheets on guards, contemporary half roan, gilt over cloth, upper board lettered in gilt Brown Studies, extremities rubbed and chipped, upper joint partially split, hinge split, minor surface losses.
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($12,572 - $17,960)

price realized
£7,170
($12,877)
Lot 101
Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888)
Mookta, Female Cooli Labourer, on the Garden Estate property of Alex Gray...
watercolour on paper

11½ x 8 5/8in. (29.2 x 22cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,960 - $26,940)

price realized
£11,950
($21,462)
Lot 102
Michael Jean Cazabon (1813-1888)
Church at Saint Joseph village, near Valsayn, Trinidad
watercolour on paper

10½ x 14½in. (26.7 x 36.8cm.)
estimate
£6,000 - £10,000
($10,776 - $17,960)

price realized
£8,365
($15,023)
Lot 103
Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888)
House where Capitulation was signed 1797
watercolour on paper

10¼ x 14¼in. (26 x 36.2cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($8,980 - $12,572)

price realized
£5,736
($10,301)
Lot 104
MICHEL JEAN CAZABON (1813-1888) [Album of Trinidad. Paris:
MICHEL JEAN CAZABON (1813-1888)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,592 - $5,388)

price realized
£3,346
($6,009)
Lot 105
Michel Jean Cazabon (1813-1888)
Fort de France, Martinique
watercolour on paper

10¾ x 14in. (27.3 x 35.6cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £8,000
($8,980 - $14,368)

price realized
£8,126
($14,594)
Lot 106
Emeric Essex Vidal (1778-1861)
The Quinta, Buenos Ayres, the Country House of George Frederick Dickson Esq...
watercolour on paper
unframed

10¼ x 14 1/8in. (26 x 35.9cm.)
estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,776 - $14,368)

price realized
£6,572
($11,804)
Lot 108
Josef Carl Berthold Püttner (1821-1881)
The road to Santiago de Chile
oil on panel

9 1/8 x 11 3/8in. (23.2 x 28.8cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,184 - $10,776)

price realized
£4,182
($7,511)
Lot 109
German School, 19th Century
Iquique, Chile
oil on canvas

16½ x 22in. (41.9 x 55.8cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£3,346
($6,009)
Lot 112
MIDSHIPMAN GEORGE RODNEY MUNDY, RN, HMS BLANCHE, SOUTH AMERICAN STATION,
Sketches from Nature in Portugal and South America, 1824-1826: a...
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,592 - $5,388)

price realized
£3,107
($5,580)
Lot 114
H. R. d. S.
Gavea, Rio de Janeiro, 1882
oil on canvas

24 x 29½in. (61 x 75cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($26,940 - $35,920)

price realized
£16,730
($30,047)
Lot 116
Friedrich Hagedorn (1814-1889)
Morro de Ste Theresa (Rio de Janeiro)
bodycolour on paper
unframed

14 7/8 x 20in. (37.8 x 50.8cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,184 - $10,776)

price realized
£4,182
($7,511)
Lot 117
Eduard Hildebrandt (1818-1869)
A South American landscape with storks by a lake at sunset
oil on canvas

13 x 17in. (33.1 x 43.2cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,592 - $5,388)

price realized
£1,792
($3,219)
Lot 119
Henri Pierre Léon Pharamond Blanchard (1805-1873)
Vera Cruz, Mexico
oil on canvas

12¼ x 15¾in. (31 x 40cm.)
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($12,572 - $17,960)

price realized
£13,145
($23,608)
Lot 120
LOUIS HENNEPIN (1640-1701)

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,592 - $5,388)

price realized
£4,541
($8,155)
Lot 121
BARON LOUIS ARMAND DE LAHONTAN (1666-1715)

estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
($2,155 - $3,233)

price realized
£1,195
($2,146)
Lot 122
ANTONIO DE ULLOA (1716-1795) AND JORGE JUAN Y SANTACILLA (1713-73)

estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,437 - $2,155)

price realized
£836
($1,502)
Lot 123
MARQUIS JOSEPH BERNARD DE CHABERT (1724-1805)

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£1,434
($2,575)
Lot 125
Charles Ramus Forrest (active 1802-1827)
On the Jaques Cartier River (Canadian Views, No.6)
watercolour on paper
unframed

17½ x 25¾in. (44.4 x 65.3cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,184 - $10,776)

price realized
£5,736
($10,301)
Lot 126
Charles Ramus Forrest (active 1802-1827)
View on the Lower Lake St. Charles, 15 Miles N. of Quebec (Canadian Views. No....
watercolour on paper
unframed

15 3/8 x 26in. (39 x 66.1cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
($5,388 - $7,184)

price realized
£3,346
($6,009)
Lot 129
William W. Armstrong (1822-1914)
Buffalo Hunters. Halt on the plains
watercolour with bodycolour on paper, arched top
unframed

17 7/8 x 22¾in. (45.4 x 57.8cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($26,940 - $35,920)

price realized
£15,535
($27,900)
Lot 130
William W. Armstrong (1822-1914)
Drying Buffalo meat, White horse plains
watercolour with bodycolour on paper, arched top
unframed

17 5/8 x 22½in. (44.8 x 57.1cm.)
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,960 - $26,940)

price realized
£10,157
($18,242)
Lot 131
William W. Armstrong (1822-1914)
A wagon train crossing the plains
coloured chalks and watercolour on paper
unframed

18 x 27 3/8in. (45.7 x 69.5cm.)
estimate
£5,000 - £7,000
($8,980 - $12,572)

price realized
£4,780
($8,584)
Lot 132
Frederick Arthur Verner (1836-1928)
Indians paddling a canoe
watercolour on paper

12 x 24in. (30.5 x 61cm.)
estimate
£2,500 - £3,500
($4,490 - $6,286)

price realized
£2,868
($5,150)
Lot 135
Circle of William Larkin (c. 1580/85-1619)
Portrait of a gentleman, standing three-quarter-length, in a black doublet with...
oil on panel

36 5/8 x 28 5/8 in. (93 x 72.7 cm.)
estimate
£15,000 - £20,000
($26,940 - $35,920)

price realized
£16,730
($30,047)
Lot 137
George Francis McDougall (c.1825-1871)
The Franklin Search Expedition wintering in the Arctic, 1850
pencil with scratching out on prepared paper

7 x 11 5/8in. (17.8 x 29.5cm.) and smaller (2)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£1,792
($3,219)
Lot 138
Lieutenant Walter William May (1830-1896)
Perilous situation of H.M.S.V. Intrepid in Baffins Bay - August 2....
the first pen and ink and watercolour heightened with white on paper , the second grey wash heightened with white on paper

7 x 10 5/8in. (17.7 x 27cm.) and smaller (2)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£2,868
($5,150)
Lot 139
English School, circa 1820
English School, circa 1820
oil on panel

12 1/8 x 10 1/16in. (30.9 x 25.6cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£956
($1,716)
Lot 140
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847)

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£2,031
($3,648)
Lot 141
Frederick William Beechey (1796-1856) -- Sir Henry Kellett (1806-1875)

estimate
£500 - £800
($898 - $1,437)

price realized
£478
($858)
Lot 142
British Arctic Expedition, 1875-1876

estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,776 - $14,368)

price realized
£19,120
($34,339)
Lot 143
BRITISH ARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1875-1876
'Hauling a sledge to the Cape Rawson Depot'. A handpainted Copeland...
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£956
($1,716)
Lot 144
[FRIDTJOF NANSEN (1861-1930) and ROALD ENGELBREGT GRAVNING AMUNDSEN
A Norwegian silver spoon commemorating Nansen's Fram Expedition 1893-1896, with...
the spoons 5in. (12.7cm.) long and smaller (4)
estimate
£300 - £500
($539 - $898)

price realized
£101
($182)
Lot 145
Carl G. Olsen (b.1893)
Portrait of Roald Amundsen, bust length in a grey coat and homburg
oil on canvas

27½ x 19½in. (69.8 x 49.6cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£3,107
($5,580)
Lot 147
After William John Huggins
The Brig Jane and Cutter Beaufoy, on 20th February 1823, bearing up in...
handcoloured aquatint heightened with white, published by W. Huggins, London, 1826
unframed

S. 21 5/8 x 29¼in. (55 x 74.3cm.)
estimate
£800 - £1,000
($1,437 - $1,796)

price realized
£836
($1,502)
Lot 148
[JAMES CLARK ROSS (1800-1862)]

estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
($3,592 - $5,388)

price realized
£4,541
($8,155)
Lot 149
CHARLES WILKES (1798-1877)

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,694 - $3,592)

price realized
£1,673
($3,004)
Lot 150
CHARLES WILKES (1798-1877)

estimate
£600 - £800
($1,078 - $1,437)

price realized
£836
($1,502)
Lot 151
CHALLENGER EXPEDITION, 1886-1895

estimate
£400 - £600
($718 - $1,078)

price realized
£1,673
($3,004)
Lot 152
[NICOLAI HANSON (d.1899)]
Nicolai Hanson's Norwegian flag, silk, hand-sewn by his mother and given to her...
8¼ x 11½in. (20.7 x 29cm.)
estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,776 - $14,368)

price realized
£5,975
($10,731)
Lot 155
Maull & Fox (photographers)
Captain Scott, C.V.O., R.N.
gelatin silver print

11 1/8 x 6½in. (28.4 x 16.6cm.)
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,257 - $1,796)

price realized
£836
($1,502)
Lot 160
NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1901-1904
Granite from Cape Royds Lat 77°.31'E Long. 165°30'E wood from broken rudder of...
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,184 - $10,776)

price realized
£4,780
($8,584)
Lot 162
English School, circa 1902

estimate
£500 - £700
($898 - $1,257)

price realized
£537
($965)
Lot 164
NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1901-1904
A tin of coffee by Tower Tea Ltd (unopened), the red wrapper labelled 'THIS...
estimate
£400 - £600
($718 - $1,078)

price realized
£418
($751)
Lot 168
Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
The last sight of Mount Discovery: SS. Morning & Terra Nova following the...
watercolour on paper

4¾ x 8 1/8in. (12.1 x 20.6cm.)
estimate
£4,500 - £5,500
($8,082 - $9,878)

price realized
£5,377
($9,657)
Lot 169
JAMES GERALD STOKELY DOORLY (1880-1956)

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£1,195
($2,146)
Lot 170
Edward Frank Gillet (1874-1927)
The return of the Discovery
pen and ink on paper, unframed

12½ x 9 7/8in. (30.4 x 25.1cm.)
estimate
£350 - £450
($629 - $808)

price realized
£418
($751)
Lot 173
ROBERT FALCON SCOTT (1868-1912)

estimate
£2,800 - £3,500
($5,029 - $6,286)

price realized
£3,346
($6,009)
Lot 175
[HARTLEY TRAVERS FERRAR (1879-1932)]

estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
($3,592 - $4,490)

price realized
£3,824
($6,867)
Lot 176
SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922), LOUIS C. BERNACCHI (1876-1940), AND...

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,960 - $26,940)

price realized
£10,755
($19,315)
Lot 179
[Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912)] A Edward VII silver bowl presented to...
MARK OF GOLDSMITHS AND SILVERSMITHS COMPANY, LONDON, 1906
15¾in. (40cm.)
estimate
£25,000 - £35,000
($44,900 - $62,860)

price realized
£31,070
($55,801)
Lot 180
SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922)

estimate
£1,000 - £2,000
($1,796 - $3,592)

price realized
£4,182
($7,511)
Lot 181
A. Gabriel (20th Century)
R.R.S. (National Antarctic Exploring Vessel) Discovery moored on the...
oil on canvas laid down on board

10½ x 14¾in. (26.7 x 37.5cm.)
estimate
£1,500 - £2,500
($2,694 - $4,490)

price realized
£1,195
($2,146)
Lot 183
WILLIAM SPEIRS BRUCE (1867-1921) AND OTHERS

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,694 - $3,592)

price realized
£1,553
($2,790)
Lot 185
JEAN-BAPTISTE AUGUSTE ÉTIENNE CHARCOT (1867-1936)

estimate
£800 - £1,000
($1,437 - $1,796)

price realized
£836
($1,502)
Lot 187
George Edward Marston (1882-1940)
New Coastline West of Cape North, taken from the Nimrod, 8 March 1909
watercolour on paper

8½ x 21¼in. (21.6 x 53.9cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £4,000
($5,388 - $7,184)

price realized
£3,824
($6,867)
Lot 188
JAMES MURRAY and GEORGE MARSTON (1882-1940)

estimate
£1,200 - £1,500
($2,155 - $2,694)

price realized
£1,673
($3,004)
Lot 189
SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922)

estimate
£2,000 - £2,500
($3,592 - $4,490)

price realized
£3,346
($6,009)
Lot 190
SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922)

estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,960 - $26,940)

price realized
£11,950
($21,462)
Lot 195
Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935)
Evening in the Pack Ice
blue toned carbon print, in the original Fine Art Society frame

23 x 17in. (58.5 x 43.2cm.)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£2,031
($3,648)
Lot 196
Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935)
Young Pancake Ice
grey toned carbon print, in the original Fine Art Society frame

17 x 23in. (43.2 x 58.4cm.)
estimate
£700 - £1,000
($1,257 - $1,796)

price realized
£776
($1,395)
Lot 197
BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1910-1914
A Dunn Bennett dinner plate with dark blue painted border and gilt rim, British...
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,437 - $2,155)

price realized
£2,151
($3,863)
Lot 200
Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Birdie reading observations on the Ramp. June 6th.11.
watercolour heightened with white on paper laid down on card

9¼ x 6in. (23.4 x 15.2cm.)
estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
($14,368 - $21,552)

price realized
£9,560
($17,169)
Lot 201
LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON 'BIRDIE' BOWERS (1883-1912)

estimate
£1,500 - £2,000
($2,694 - $3,592)

price realized
£10,157
($18,242)
Lot 202
Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935) and others
Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935) and others
estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
($17,960 - $26,940)

price realized
£10,755
($19,315)
Lot 203
Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
The summit of Mount Erebus
watercolour on paper
unframed

5¼ x 8 3/8in. (13.1 x 21.1cm.)
estimate
£4,000 - £6,000
($7,184 - $10,776)

price realized
£5,019
($9,014)
Lot 204
CHARLES SEYMOUR WRIGHT (1887-1975)

estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£3,585
($6,438)
Lot 205
Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935)
Sitting Penguins Snowed up; and Sitting Penguin Snowed up
carbon prints

12¼ x 16in. (31.2 x 40.7cm.) (2)
estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£1,314
($2,360)
Lot 207
[Laurence Grace Edward Oates (1880-1912)]
A presentation fitted silver cigarette box by Woodruff & Horsfield, 3 Royal...
estimate
£500 - £800
($898 - $1,437)

price realized
£478
($858)
Lot 210
After Herbert George Ponting, Edward Adrian Wilson and others
The Scientific Aspects of Arctic and Antarctic Exploration: a copy set...
estimate
£800 - £1,200
($1,437 - $2,155)

price realized
£717
($1,287)
Lot 211
NORWEGIAN ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1910-1912
The South Pole: 55 (of the set of 57) direct positive glass lantern slides...
estimate
£7,000 - £10,000
($12,572 - $17,960)

price realized
£7,767
($13,950)
Lot 213
Frank Hurley (1885-1962)
The Dying Sun
gelatin silver print

8 x 6in. (20.3 x 15.2cm.)
estimate
£2,000 - £4,000
($3,592 - $7,184)

price realized
£2,151
($3,863)
Lot 216
George Edward Marston (1882-1940)
S.Y. Endurance ice-bound in the Weddell Sea, 1915
oil on canvas, unframed

14 x 20in. (35.6 x 50.8cm.)
estimate
£6,000 - £8,000
($10,776 - $14,368)

price realized
£6,572
($11,804)
Lot 217
George Edward Marston (1882-1940)
S.Y. Endurance trapped in the ice in the Weddell Sea
oil on board, unframed

16½ x 28in. (41.9 x 71.2cm.)
estimate
£30,000 - £40,000
($53,880 - $71,840)

price realized
£33,460
($60,094)
Lot 218
FRANK HURLEY (1885-1962)
Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the...
79 carbon prints in various colours including blue and warm brown, each 6 x 8in. (15.3 x 20.3cm.), printed on the 79 cream card leaves, typed titles on labels below each image, preceded by index leaf, title page and list of the Weddell Sea Party, gilt edges, oblong 4°, leaf size 11 5/8 x 14½in. (29.6 x 37.3cm.), mottled end papers

estimate
£30,000 - £40,000
($53,880 - $71,840)

price realized
£38,240
($68,679)
Lot 219
DR LEONARD DUNCAN ALBERT HUSSEY (1894-1965)

estimate
£30,000 - £50,000
($53,880 - $89,800)

price realized
£41,825
($75,117)
Lot 220
GEORGE EDWARD MARSTON (1882-1940)
Hussey with his banjo on Elephant Island, June 1915
pencil on brown paper

7½ x 4 5/8in. (19.1 x 10.7cm.)
estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
($5,388 - $8,980)

price realized
£1,792
($3,219)
Lot 221
SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922)

estimate
£1,600 - £1,800
($2,874 - $3,233)

price realized
£1,912
($3,433)
Lot 222
SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922) and OPERATION SYREN, NORTHERN RUSSIA,...

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£956
($1,716)
Lot 223
SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922)

estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
($1,796 - $2,694)

price realized
£119
($214)
Lot 224
SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922)

estimate
£600 - £1,000
($1,078 - $1,796)

price realized
£358
($643)
Lot 225
[RICHARD EVELYN BYRD (1888-1957)]
A collection of ephemera relating to Admiral Byrd's expeditions in the Arctic...
estimate
£500 - £1,000
($898 - $1,796)

price realized
£310
($558)
Lot 226
[Richard Evelyn Byrd (1888-1957)]
Admiral Byrd's finnesko: a pair of fur out knee-height reindeer boots and a...
estimate
£500 - £700
($898 - $1,257)

price realized
£1,135
($2,038)
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