A full-length portrait photograph of Shackleton

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[Ernest Henry SHACKLETON (1874-1922)]
A full-length portrait photograph of Shackleton
inscribed 'To Western from a brother shellback E.H. Shackleton 25 April 1918 "Cedric"' (lower right)
6¼ x 4in. (16 x 10.2cm)

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Shackleton was in Buenos Aires between October 1917 and April 1918, attempting to persuade Argentina and Chile to join the war on the allied side, and it seems probable this photograph was taken in or near Buenos Aires.

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