Ponting's portfolio, inscribed 'THIS PORTFOLIO/AND CONTENTS/PROPERTY OF/MR HERBERT G PONTING F.R.G.S./47 OXFORD MANSIONS/OXFORD CIRCUS LONDON W.I.', containing eleven photographs including:

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Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935)
Ponting's portfolio, inscribed 'THIS PORTFOLIO/AND CONTENTS/PROPERTY OF/MR HERBERT G PONTING F.R.G.S./47 OXFORD MANSIONS/OXFORD CIRCUS LONDON W.I.', containing eleven photographs including:
Terra Nova in the Ice
stamped 'H.G. Ponting' (lower right)
varnished carbon print
17¼ x 24in. (43.8 x 60.9cm.)

The Stony Stare
stamped 'H.G.Ponting./COPYRIGHT' (lower right), titled 'The Stony Stare/Neg A87' on the Fine Art Society label on the reverse
varnished carbon print
29¾ x 21 7/8in. (75.6 x 55.7cm.)

Adelie Penguins
signed 'H.G.Ponting F.R.G.S./Copyright' (lower right)
varnished carbon print
32½ x 23in. (82.6 x 58.4cm.)
together with seven gelatin silver prints (A Weddell Seal about to drive; The Terra Nova in a gale; Adelie Penguins and chicks; An iceberg off Cape Royds; The Terra Nova at the Ice foot; The Home of the Echoes; and the Terra Nova in McMurdo Sound) on a single mount (for publication?), 6 5/8 x 9in. (16.9 x 22.8cm.) and smaller, with a mounted print 'Attacked by Killer Whales' after Ernest Linzell ('Mr Ponting's escape from the Killer Whales...', 19½ x 28½in. (49.5 x 72.3cm.) (12)

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Lot Essay

The varnished carbon prints were presumably props from Ponting's lecture tours and exhibitions. The seven smaller prints appear to have been mounted for publication, perhaps as trials for Great White South (London: 1921).

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