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British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Wright's photographs -- a large collection of approximately 1,573 vintage contact prints and gelatin silver prints by Wright and other of Ponting's pupils at Cape Evans
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CHARLES SEYMOUR WRIGHT (1887-1975)
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Wright's photographs -- a large collection of approximately 1,573 vintage contact prints and gelatin silver prints by Wright and other of Ponting's pupils at Cape Evans
Two cloth bound albums:
(i) The Terra Nova, Cape Evans and the Western Party, approximately 306 contact prints
(ii) The sledging journeys (Western Party, southern journey, Search Party), approximately 146 contact prints including panoramas
(the prints numbered by Wright on the mounts with his 'W' numbers throughout both albums)
3 x 4in. (7.6 x 10.1cm.) and similar and smaller, the panoramas 2¾ x 11in. (6.9 x 23.8cm.) and similar
Four files containing:
(i) Approximately 105 contact prints by Wright including 24 duplicates of 13 subjects
(ii) Approximately 129 contact prints by Wright, Debenham and Gran including 40 duplicates of 35 subjects
(many annotated by Wright on the reverse, some with his publication references for "Glaciology")
(iii) and (iv) together approximately 137 later prints by Wright and others including 29 duplicates
3¼ x 4in. (8.3 x 10.2cm.) and similar
One file containing:
30 panoramas, the majority taken by Wright and Bowers on the southern journey, 14-31 December 1911
(many with topographical notations in pencil, several titled and dated on the reverse "Dec 14th AM Wn Shore Beardmore Gl N of Cloudmaker", "Dec 17th lunch camp Cloudmaker Range", "Bkft. Camp. Dec 20th Wild Range" etc.)
3½ x 10½in. (8.8 x 26.7cm.) and smaller
One file containing:
Approximately 167 contact prints, the majority by Wright, including approximately 53 duplicates, the majority taken on the southern journey, many multiple print panoramas of the Beardmore Glacier and its mountain ranges, camps and sledging, together with scenery at Cape Evans and studies of ice crystals and formations
(the majority numbered and several titled on the reverse)
the single prints 3¼ x 4¼in. (8.2 x 10.8cm.) and similar
One file containing:
54 contact prints, the majority by Wright, the subjects including the Terra Nova, Ross Island and environs, portraits of members of the expedition, the ponies and dogs, penguins and seals, the Search Party setting out, and others
(the file compiled by Patricia Frances Wright, with her inscriptions on the reverse of the mounts)
the prints 4 x 3in. (10 x 7.5cm.) and similar
One file containing:
Approximately 123 photographs (including 37 duplicates), the majority taken on the Northern Party by Levick
(the majority with negative numbers and publication references in pencil on the reverse)
One file containing:
Approximately 167 contact prints (of approximately 152 subjects), taken by Levick, Debenham, Priestley and Wright, including views taken by the Northern Party, at Cape Evans and environs, studies of ice formations and icebergs, members of the expedition, penguins and seals, and views taken on the southern journey (several with annotations in pencil on the reverse)
the majority 3¼ x 4¼in. (8.2 x 10.8cm.) and similar
together with a folder containing approximately 95 studies of ice crystals under magnification by Wright
One portfolio containing:
4 gelatin silver prints, by Wright and Debenham, three panoramic, comprising a panorama of sledging camp on the Beardmore Glacier [Highland Ice-Sheet on the west bank of Beardmore Glacier, Glaciology, pl. CIX]; The hut snowbound with Mount Erebus beyond; Mount England (south of Mackay Glacier), Victoria Land; and Mount Erebus
(the third titled by Wright on the backing board)
9 x 24in. (22.8 x 60.9cm.) and smaller
One file containing:
34 contact prints (including 9 duplicates) by Debenham comprising Antarctic scenery and studies of ice formations for Glaciology, Ponies on the march (SLE, I, f.p.472) and four of Franz Josef and Fox glaciers (New Zealand)
(Wright's annotations for "Glaciology" on the reverse, some titled and with Debenham's D numbers on the reverse)
5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm.) and smaller
One portfolio containing:
14 gelatin silver prints by Debenham and others, including "New Glacier. An Ice Tongue in the Granite Harbour Area" and views taken on the southern journey
(the first titled in the margin)
8 x 9¾in. (20.2 x 24.7cm.) and smaller
One file containing:
62 contact prints, the majority by Priestley and the subjects taken on the Northern Party, February 1911-November 1912, along with one by Griffith Taylor and one by Philip Brocklehurst (taken on the Nimrod expedition)
(the majority extensively annotated by Wright and others, with publication references for "Glaciology" and Priestley's "Antarctic Adventure" (1914))
the majority 3¼ x 4¼in. (9.5 x 10.8cm.) and similar
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Wright's photographs -- a large collection of approximately 1,573 vintage contact prints and gelatin silver prints by Wright and other of Ponting's pupils at Cape Evans
Two cloth bound albums:
(i) The Terra Nova, Cape Evans and the Western Party, approximately 306 contact prints
(ii) The sledging journeys (Western Party, southern journey, Search Party), approximately 146 contact prints including panoramas
(the prints numbered by Wright on the mounts with his 'W' numbers throughout both albums)
3 x 4in. (7.6 x 10.1cm.) and similar and smaller, the panoramas 2¾ x 11in. (6.9 x 23.8cm.) and similar
Four files containing:
(i) Approximately 105 contact prints by Wright including 24 duplicates of 13 subjects
(ii) Approximately 129 contact prints by Wright, Debenham and Gran including 40 duplicates of 35 subjects
(many annotated by Wright on the reverse, some with his publication references for "Glaciology")
(iii) and (iv) together approximately 137 later prints by Wright and others including 29 duplicates
3¼ x 4in. (8.3 x 10.2cm.) and similar
One file containing:
30 panoramas, the majority taken by Wright and Bowers on the southern journey, 14-31 December 1911
(many with topographical notations in pencil, several titled and dated on the reverse "Dec 14th AM Wn Shore Beardmore Gl N of Cloudmaker", "Dec 17th lunch camp Cloudmaker Range", "Bkft. Camp. Dec 20th Wild Range" etc.)
3½ x 10½in. (8.8 x 26.7cm.) and smaller
One file containing:
Approximately 167 contact prints, the majority by Wright, including approximately 53 duplicates, the majority taken on the southern journey, many multiple print panoramas of the Beardmore Glacier and its mountain ranges, camps and sledging, together with scenery at Cape Evans and studies of ice crystals and formations
(the majority numbered and several titled on the reverse)
the single prints 3¼ x 4¼in. (8.2 x 10.8cm.) and similar
One file containing:
54 contact prints, the majority by Wright, the subjects including the Terra Nova, Ross Island and environs, portraits of members of the expedition, the ponies and dogs, penguins and seals, the Search Party setting out, and others
(the file compiled by Patricia Frances Wright, with her inscriptions on the reverse of the mounts)
the prints 4 x 3in. (10 x 7.5cm.) and similar
One file containing:
Approximately 123 photographs (including 37 duplicates), the majority taken on the Northern Party by Levick
(the majority with negative numbers and publication references in pencil on the reverse)
One file containing:
Approximately 167 contact prints (of approximately 152 subjects), taken by Levick, Debenham, Priestley and Wright, including views taken by the Northern Party, at Cape Evans and environs, studies of ice formations and icebergs, members of the expedition, penguins and seals, and views taken on the southern journey (several with annotations in pencil on the reverse)
the majority 3¼ x 4¼in. (8.2 x 10.8cm.) and similar
together with a folder containing approximately 95 studies of ice crystals under magnification by Wright
One portfolio containing:
4 gelatin silver prints, by Wright and Debenham, three panoramic, comprising a panorama of sledging camp on the Beardmore Glacier [Highland Ice-Sheet on the west bank of Beardmore Glacier, Glaciology, pl. CIX]; The hut snowbound with Mount Erebus beyond; Mount England (south of Mackay Glacier), Victoria Land; and Mount Erebus
(the third titled by Wright on the backing board)
9 x 24in. (22.8 x 60.9cm.) and smaller
One file containing:
34 contact prints (including 9 duplicates) by Debenham comprising Antarctic scenery and studies of ice formations for Glaciology, Ponies on the march (SLE, I, f.p.472) and four of Franz Josef and Fox glaciers (New Zealand)
(Wright's annotations for "Glaciology" on the reverse, some titled and with Debenham's D numbers on the reverse)
5 x 7in. (12.7 x 17.8cm.) and smaller
One portfolio containing:
14 gelatin silver prints by Debenham and others, including "New Glacier. An Ice Tongue in the Granite Harbour Area" and views taken on the southern journey
(the first titled in the margin)
8 x 9¾in. (20.2 x 24.7cm.) and smaller
One file containing:
62 contact prints, the majority by Priestley and the subjects taken on the Northern Party, February 1911-November 1912, along with one by Griffith Taylor and one by Philip Brocklehurst (taken on the Nimrod expedition)
(the majority extensively annotated by Wright and others, with publication references for "Glaciology" and Priestley's "Antarctic Adventure" (1914))
the majority 3¼ x 4¼in. (9.5 x 10.8cm.) and similar
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