Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935)
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Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935)
Summertime, the opening up of the ice
the photographer's blindstamp 'H.G. Ponting/COPYRIGHT' (lower right)
carbon print
23 x 29in. (58.4 x 73.7cm.)
The image is illustrated in Scott's Last Expedition (I, facing p.193) and was no.87 in Ponting's selling exhibition at the Fine Arts Society, London (printed in the largest format 'D', width 29in.). For a variant of the subject by Ponting, see lot 183.
Summertime, the opening up of the ice
the photographer's blindstamp 'H.G. Ponting/COPYRIGHT' (lower right)
carbon print
23 x 29in. (58.4 x 73.7cm.)
The image is illustrated in Scott's Last Expedition (I, facing p.193) and was no.87 in Ponting's selling exhibition at the Fine Arts Society, London (printed in the largest format 'D', width 29in.). For a variant of the subject by Ponting, see lot 183.
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