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Walter E. How (A.B. on Endurance, 1914/1916)
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Walter E. How (A.B. on Endurance, 1914/1916)
Shackleton's "Endurance"
signed, inscribed and dated 'W.E.HOW./Jan.1948/SHACKLETON'S/"ENDURANCE"
pen, black and brown ink
unframed
7¼ x 10¼in. (8.4 x 26.1cm.)
and
James Caird
inscribed 'JAMES CAIRD', signed and inscribed 'The "James Caird"/With the fearless spirit of the "BOSS"/CDR Worsley.- Tom Crean. Chippy McNeish/Paddy McCarthy and Vincent./We who still survive have much to/thank them for the great service/rendered to us./W.E.HOW' on the reverse
pen, blue and black ink, unframed
3½ x 5 1/8in. (8.9 x 13.6cm.)
with a photograph of Walter How's model of Endurance [now in SPRI], (inscribed 'Model/of Sir E Shackleton's/"Endurance"/1914-1916 - Trans Antarctic Expedition/W.E.How' on the reverse) and reproductions after George Marston
PROVENANCE:
Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), and thence by descent to the present owners.
Drawings from How's sketchbook illustrated M. & J. Fisher's biography of Shackleton published in 1957. (4)
Shackleton's "Endurance"
signed, inscribed and dated 'W.E.HOW./Jan.1948/SHACKLETON'S/"ENDURANCE"
pen, black and brown ink
unframed
7¼ x 10¼in. (8.4 x 26.1cm.)
and
James Caird
inscribed 'JAMES CAIRD', signed and inscribed 'The "James Caird"/With the fearless spirit of the "BOSS"/CDR Worsley.- Tom Crean. Chippy McNeish/Paddy McCarthy and Vincent./We who still survive have much to/thank them for the great service/rendered to us./W.E.HOW' on the reverse
pen, blue and black ink, unframed
3½ x 5 1/8in. (8.9 x 13.6cm.)
with a photograph of Walter How's model of Endurance [now in SPRI], (inscribed 'Model/of Sir E Shackleton's/"Endurance"/1914-1916 - Trans Antarctic Expedition/W.E.How' on the reverse) and reproductions after George Marston
PROVENANCE:
Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), and thence by descent to the present owners.
Drawings from How's sketchbook illustrated M. & J. Fisher's biography of Shackleton published in 1957. (4)
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