Lot Essay
Keohane's tracing of the chart prepared by Scott in the hut at Cape Evans for the southern journey (see note to Wright's chart, lot 130).
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British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Keohane's chart of the Southern Journey, 1911-12
Details
Patrick Keohane (1879-1950)
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Keohane's chart of the Southern Journey, 1911-12
manuscript copy of Marshall's map of Shackleton's Farthest South route, 1908-9, this copy made by Keohane from the facsimile chart issued to members of the Southern Party, the map showing Shackleton's surveys and his Farthest South, Scott's Barrier Journey 1902-3, and the Depot-Laying Journey January-April 1911
signed with monogram 'PK.' (upper right)
black and blue ink on transfer paper attached to a paper mount with green gabardine flap with cotton ties, in bamboo sledging case carved with initial 'K'
25¼ x 10½in. (64.1 x 26.7cm.)
British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13: Keohane's chart of the Southern Journey, 1911-12
manuscript copy of Marshall's map of Shackleton's Farthest South route, 1908-9, this copy made by Keohane from the facsimile chart issued to members of the Southern Party, the map showing Shackleton's surveys and his Farthest South, Scott's Barrier Journey 1902-3, and the Depot-Laying Journey January-April 1911
signed with monogram 'PK.' (upper right)
black and blue ink on transfer paper attached to a paper mount with green gabardine flap with cotton ties, in bamboo sledging case carved with initial 'K'
25¼ x 10½in. (64.1 x 26.7cm.)
Provenance
P.O. Patrick Keohane, and thence by descent to the present owner.