Mount Erebus, 13,300 ft.
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Herbert George Ponting (1871-1935)
Mount Erebus, 13,300 ft.
gelatin silver print, signature stamped lower right, framed and glazed. 12 x 18in. (31 x 44.9cm.)
Situated on Ross Island, the active cone Mount Erebus and the inactive cone Mount Terror, were first sighted on 28 January, 1841 by the expedition under the command of James Clark Ross, and were in fact named after his two ships the Erebus and Terror. Mount Erebus later became one of the most familiar of landmarks for Antarctic explorers.
Mount Erebus, 13,300 ft.
gelatin silver print, signature stamped lower right, framed and glazed. 12 x 18in. (31 x 44.9cm.)
Situated on Ross Island, the active cone Mount Erebus and the inactive cone Mount Terror, were first sighted on 28 January, 1841 by the expedition under the command of James Clark Ross, and were in fact named after his two ships the Erebus and Terror. Mount Erebus later became one of the most familiar of landmarks for Antarctic explorers.
來源
'New Zealand & South Seas International Exhibition -- 1925-1926 Dunedin. Catalogue no. 238' (exhibition label); Joseph Abernethy, Dunedin, picture dealer (label).
拍場告示
The illustration numbered 174 should read 173.