British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1914: Captain Oates's bandanna, cotton, lawn green with paisley border and pattern in rasberry and cream, nametag ('Oates') stitched to one corner, 23 x 27¼in. (58.4 x 69.3cm.)

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[PATRICK KEOHANE -- LAWRENCE EDWARD GRACE OATES]
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1914: Captain Oates's bandanna, cotton, lawn green with paisley border and pattern in rasberry and cream, nametag ('Oates') stitched to one corner, 23 x 27¼in. (58.4 x 69.3cm.)

Provenance

Captain L.E.G. Oates (1880-1912), Cape Evans, 1911.
P.O. Keohane, Cape Evans, c.1912, and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Keohane's souvenir of Captain Oates, the most popular of the officers with the other ranks ('Oates was more popular with the seamen than any other officer. He understood these men perfectly', Teddy Evans in The Strand Magazine, 1913) and of whom Keohane commented 'not much talk, but chock full of grit'.

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