The Start for the Pole. The Antartics (sic). Great Scott they're off!; and In Honour of Brave Men

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English School, c.1910-13
The Start for the Pole. The Antartics (sic). Great Scott they're off!; and In Honour of Brave Men
the first indistinctly signed 'L RAVENHILL' (lower right), the second signed with initials 'B.P.' (lower right)
pen and ink on paper
14 x 10in. (35.6 x 25.4cm.) (2)

Provenance

Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard.
Quentin Riley (by whom acquired from the above) and thence by descent to the present owner.

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Sale room notice

The artists should read:
Bernard Partridge (1861-1945) and Leonard Raven Hill (1867-1942) -- both leading Punch contributors.

Provenance should read: Quintin Riley.

Lot Essay

Two original drawings for Punch magazine from the collection of Cherry-Garrard, the youngest member of Scott's Terra Nova expedition, editor of volume III of the South Polar Times and author of The Worst Journey in the World.

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