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EVEREST EXPEDITION 1933 - FRANCIS SYDNEY SMYTHE (1900-1949)
Four photographs, comprising:
'Looking out Camp VI, at 27,400ft, the highest camp ever pitched', inscribed in pencil on verso, mounted and framed (illustrated in Smythe's Camp VI p. 257). 303 x 212mm
'Group take at Camp VI. J. de V. Hayard, Major R.W.J. Knipton, Bentley Beetham, E.O. Shebbeare, Capt. J.G. Burne, Lt. Col. E.H. Norton, J.H. Somervell, N.E. Odell, photgravure, mounted and framed, P. 243 x 292mm S. 353 x 379mm 'Everest 1933, Friga Lake near Camp II or Rangchanginga 1930', inscribed in pencil on verso, mounted and framed, 376 x 271mm
'Everest 1933, Friga Lake near Camp II or Rangchanghinga, 1930', inscribed in pencil on verso, mounted and framed, 376 x 271mm
'Kamet Conquered - peaks climbed by Holdsworth and Shipton, north of 19,000ft Camp', inscribed in pencil on verso, illustrated in Kamet Conquered p. 375, laid-down, mounted, and framed, 215 x 290mm (4)
Four photographs, comprising:
'Looking out Camp VI, at 27,400ft, the highest camp ever pitched', inscribed in pencil on verso, mounted and framed (illustrated in Smythe's Camp VI p. 257). 303 x 212mm
'Group take at Camp VI. J. de V. Hayard, Major R.W.J. Knipton, Bentley Beetham, E.O. Shebbeare, Capt. J.G. Burne, Lt. Col. E.H. Norton, J.H. Somervell, N.E. Odell, photgravure, mounted and framed, P. 243 x 292mm S. 353 x 379mm 'Everest 1933, Friga Lake near Camp II or Rangchanginga 1930', inscribed in pencil on verso, mounted and framed, 376 x 271mm
'Everest 1933, Friga Lake near Camp II or Rangchanghinga, 1930', inscribed in pencil on verso, mounted and framed, 376 x 271mm
'Kamet Conquered - peaks climbed by Holdsworth and Shipton, north of 19,000ft Camp', inscribed in pencil on verso, illustrated in Kamet Conquered p. 375, laid-down, mounted, and framed, 215 x 290mm (4)
Sale room notice
This lot contains five photographs, the fifth photograph being of Friga Lake near Camp II.