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FRANK HURLEY (1885-1962)
A collection of ten monochrome photographic prints after Hurley of The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917, c. 1916 (254 x 200mm et infra), all inkstamped on the versos 'NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATIONS LIMITED', 3 with roneoed typescript descriptions pasted onto the versos, the remainder with traces of adhesive on the versos (some short tears and chips or creasing, one photograph with corner cut away and re-attached with adhesive tape). Provenance: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, second baronet (1887-1975, and by descent).
A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ENDURANCE AND THE ANTARCTIC BY HURLEY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SHACKLETON'S FRIEND AND GEOLOGICAL ASSISTANT ON THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 1907-1909. Sir Philip Brocklehurst Bt met Shackleton in 1906 whilst an undergraduate at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and joined Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909 as its youngest member in the capacity of geological assistant and surveyor, and photographer: 'Sir Philip [...] impressed Shackleton by being rich and well connected. Sir Philip, for his part, admired Shackleton because he was "Bohemian", "fond of the ladies" and "extravagant with taxis". He offered to contribute to the expedition funds, or rather, since he was only nineteen and still a minor, his mother would do so' (R. Huntford Shackleton (London: 1996), pp. 168-169); writing to Elspeth Beardmore on 13 May 1907, Shackleton characterised his newly-recruited assistant as 'a really good chap' (quoted in Huntford, loc. cit.). Although Brocklehurst had been intended for the southern party, frostbite acquired during the ascent of Mount Erebus and the consequent amputation of a toe, coupled with an irregular heartbeat, convinced Marshall that he should not be included in the group.
This group of photographs appear to date from December 1916, shortly after Hurley's return to London on 11 November 1916, and one bears a stamp embargoing publication until 18 December 1916. The subjects and dates, taken from F. Hurley's South with Endurance (London: 2001), are as follows: view of the Rampart Berg (11 March 1914, p.256); weighing the sledging dogs by the Endurance (winter 1915, p. 265); Endurance locked in the ice (spring 1915, p. 273); dogs being fed in front of Endurance (29 May 1915, p. 266); Endurance at night (27 August 1915, p. 286); bow view of Endurance heeled to port (18 October 1915, p. 290); close-up stern view of the deck of Endurance heeled to port (18 October 1914, p. 291); Endurance attacked by the ice (24 October 1915, p. 291); the wreck of Endurance (c. 1 November 1915, p.292); combination print of the Yelcho arriving at Elephant Island (30 August 1916, p. 304). (10)
A collection of ten monochrome photographic prints after Hurley of The Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914-1917, c. 1916 (254 x 200mm et infra), all inkstamped on the versos 'NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATIONS LIMITED', 3 with roneoed typescript descriptions pasted onto the versos, the remainder with traces of adhesive on the versos (some short tears and chips or creasing, one photograph with corner cut away and re-attached with adhesive tape). Provenance: Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Philip Lee Brocklehurst, second baronet (1887-1975, and by descent).
A COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ENDURANCE AND THE ANTARCTIC BY HURLEY FROM THE COLLECTION OF SHACKLETON'S FRIEND AND GEOLOGICAL ASSISTANT ON THE BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 1907-1909. Sir Philip Brocklehurst Bt met Shackleton in 1906 whilst an undergraduate at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and joined Shackleton's British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-1909 as its youngest member in the capacity of geological assistant and surveyor, and photographer: 'Sir Philip [...] impressed Shackleton by being rich and well connected. Sir Philip, for his part, admired Shackleton because he was "Bohemian", "fond of the ladies" and "extravagant with taxis". He offered to contribute to the expedition funds, or rather, since he was only nineteen and still a minor, his mother would do so' (R. Huntford Shackleton (London: 1996), pp. 168-169); writing to Elspeth Beardmore on 13 May 1907, Shackleton characterised his newly-recruited assistant as 'a really good chap' (quoted in Huntford, loc. cit.). Although Brocklehurst had been intended for the southern party, frostbite acquired during the ascent of Mount Erebus and the consequent amputation of a toe, coupled with an irregular heartbeat, convinced Marshall that he should not be included in the group.
This group of photographs appear to date from December 1916, shortly after Hurley's return to London on 11 November 1916, and one bears a stamp embargoing publication until 18 December 1916. The subjects and dates, taken from F. Hurley's South with Endurance (London: 2001), are as follows: view of the Rampart Berg (11 March 1914, p.256); weighing the sledging dogs by the Endurance (winter 1915, p. 265); Endurance locked in the ice (spring 1915, p. 273); dogs being fed in front of Endurance (29 May 1915, p. 266); Endurance at night (27 August 1915, p. 286); bow view of Endurance heeled to port (18 October 1915, p. 290); close-up stern view of the deck of Endurance heeled to port (18 October 1914, p. 291); Endurance attacked by the ice (24 October 1915, p. 291); the wreck of Endurance (c. 1 November 1915, p.292); combination print of the Yelcho arriving at Elephant Island (30 August 1916, p. 304). (10)
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