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Frank Hurley (1885-1962)
Phantom Ship
titled in white on the mount, with dedication 'As a memento of the dark days and/all your goodness./R.S. Clark.' on the mount
gelatin silver print
11¼ x 8½in. (28.6 x 21.6cm.)
with: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922). A typed document signed London 8 August 1914, contract of employment for Robert S. Clark (biologist on the Endurance) in the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 3 line autograph insertion relating to the right of members to publish scientific papers signed with initials by Shackleton; also signed by Clark and James Wordie as witness, 2 pages, folio; envelope. (2)
Phantom Ship
titled in white on the mount, with dedication 'As a memento of the dark days and/all your goodness./R.S. Clark.' on the mount
gelatin silver print
11¼ x 8½in. (28.6 x 21.6cm.)
with: Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton (1874-1922). A typed document signed London 8 August 1914, contract of employment for Robert S. Clark (biologist on the Endurance) in the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 3 line autograph insertion relating to the right of members to publish scientific papers signed with initials by Shackleton; also signed by Clark and James Wordie as witness, 2 pages, folio; envelope. (2)
Provenance
Both items given by Clark to A. J. Collins, Esq., 1916, and thence by descent to the present owner.
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