Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916

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Frank Hurley (1885-1962)
Photographs of Scenes and Incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party 1914, 1915, 1916
dedicated by Shackleton on the title page 'To Frank Houlder in remembrance of his/generous assistance during the initial stages/of the Expedition; continued through its dark days/of difficulty, and with a vivid memory of/his offer to equip a relief ship; these photographs/of our adventures are gratefully presented by/Ernest H Shackleton./June 19[1]7'
79 carbon prints in various colours including blue (14), warm brown (1) and black and white (64), each 6 x 8in. (15.3 x 20.3cm.), printed on the 79 numbered cream card leaves, 2 with titles on the mounts, preceded by index leaf title page and list of the Weddell Sea Party, gilt edges, oblong 4°, leaf size 11 5/8 x 14½in. (29.6 x 37.3cm.), Contemporary blue half morocco gilt, spine in six compartments with raised bands, the bands high lighted with gilt tooling, gilt edges (scuffed).

来源

Frank Henry Houlder and given by his widow to Tom P. Jones of Rio Secco, and thence by descent to the present owner, his daughter.

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拍品专文

Frank Henry Houlder (1867-1936) was a Buenos Aires based shipping magnate who offered Shackleton valuable help throughout the Endurance expedition. Houlder's shipping line had been started by his father in the 1860s and the Argentine connection began with contracts to ship Argentine meat to the U.K. in 1881, to ship phosphates from the Pacific, and to supply materials for port works from the U.K. to Buenos Aires. He became chairman of Houlder Bros., & Co. Ltd., Houlder Line Ltd., Furness Houlder Argentine Line Ltd., Houlder Estates Ltd., Estancia Houlder Curamolan Ltd., and of the South American Export Syndicate, and was a director of Furness, Withy & Co. Ltd. Tom P. Jones worked for a subsidiary of Houlder Bros. & Co. Ltd. at Rio Secco and was one of the local residents to greet Shackleton and his rescued party back in 1916, and attended the dinner for Shackleton and his men held in the rooms of the British Association of Magellanes at Punta Arenas on the night of their arrival.

There were hitherto just 5 other copies recorded of this 'de-luxe' album by Hurley ('Five albums are reputed to have been made. Hurley took one in a taxi to Buckingham Palace' J.Piggott (ed.), Shackleton, The Antarctic and Endurance, Dulwich, 2000, p.129), one reportedly in the Royal Collection, two at Dulwich College, and the Stancomb-Wills and Hussey copies: Christie's, 25 Sept. 2002, lot 363 and 23 Sept. 2004, lot 218). This fine coloured and unrecorded copy, presented to a major supporter, revises the tally to 6.