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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922)
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922)
Shackleton's brown pure wool blanket from his cabin on the Quest, edged with gold silk ribbon and with initials 'EHS' embroidered in gold on one corner, holes and tears in the wool, 65in. (165cm.) square
PROVENANCE:
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922).
Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), and thence by descent to the present owners.
Shackleton's brown pure wool blanket from his cabin on the Quest, edged with gold silk ribbon and with initials 'EHS' embroidered in gold on one corner, holes and tears in the wool, 65in. (165cm.) square
PROVENANCE:
Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922).
Alexander Hepburne Macklin (1889-1967), and thence by descent to the present owners.
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