A.W. SARJEANT (photographer)

'S/S Terra Nova Leaving Cardiff for the South Pole' [15 June 1910]; '"Terra Nova" Arriving at Cardiff from South Antarctic Expedition Captained by Commander Evans' [June 14, 1913]

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A.W. SARJEANT (photographer)
'S/S Terra Nova Leaving Cardiff for the South Pole' [15 June 1910];
'"Terra Nova" Arriving at Cardiff from South Antarctic Expedition
Captained by Commander Evans' [June 14, 1913]
both mounted on card, the first with photographer's credit in the
negative, the second with blindstamp, both titled and inscribed in
pencil on the verso of the card mounts, the first with an integral
inset bust-length portrait of Scott, the second with a similar
portrait of Evans
two brown-toned carbon prints
9¾ x 11¾in. (25 x 30cm.) (2)

Provenance

Kathleen Scott (née Bruce, later Hilton Young); and thence by
descent; Christie's, 1 Sept. 1999 ('The Scott Relics'), lot 232 (part).

Lot Essay

The Terra Nova left the docks on 1 June, 1910 and sailed for
Cardiff to load the Welsh coal donated to the expedition. 'Cardiff held a special place in the expedition's heart as the city which had given
them the most fervent support. The Lord Mayor now produced a further
£1,000 for the fund. In recognition Scott promised to make Cardiff the Terra Nova's first port of call on his return' (D. Preston, A
First Rate Tragedy, London: 1997, p.123). This promise was not
forgotten and the second photograph recalls the return to mainland
Britain of the Terra Nova. After two days spent painting and
cleaning up in the Scilly Islands, the Terra Nova, under the
command of Evans, docked in Cardiff on 14 June 1913.

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