HERBERT G. PONTING (1870-1935)

Charles Wright, Scott's Antarctic Expedition, January 29, 1912

Details

HERBERT G. PONTING (1870-1935)
Charles Wright, Scott's Antarctic Expedition, January 29, 1912
gelatin silver print
publication labels, typed credit, date, caption and stamped reproduction limitation on collection label affixed (on the reverse of the mount)
image: 6¾ x 5in. (17.1 x 13.2cm.)
mount: 9 x 7in. (23.3 x 18.2cm.)

Literature

Odyssey: The Art of Photography at National Geographic, National Geographic Society, 1988.

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Lot Essay

Sir Charles Seymour Wright, KCB, OBE, MC (1887-1975) was a Canadian member of Robert Falcon Scott's Terra Nova expedition to Antarctica in 1910-1913. He served as the expedition's physicist and glaciologist.

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