British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus bu… 顯示更多
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909

細節
British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909
Savage Club House Dinner, Capt. R.F.Scott in the Chair June 19th 1909. Welcome to Lieut. E.H.Shackleton. Menu etc. A printed menu illustrated with scenes after Hassall and Charles Dixon. 12 x 14in. (30.4 x 35.6cm.)

'Shackleton was accompanied by six of his men to this dinner at which Capt. R.F. Scott presided. At one point Shackleton whispered to him that Brocklehurst had brought had brought home his amputated frost-bitten toe in a bottle... Scott said he was proud to have had a hand 'in rocking Shackleton's Antarctic cradle', at which Shackleton took offence and left immediately after the dinner.' (J. Piggott (ed.) Shackleton The Antarctic and Endurance, London, 2000, pp.83-4); together with a menu signed by Shackleton (Antwerp, 22 October 1909) and pamphlets by Doorly and Ponting.
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium