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Herbert Ponting

Scott Expedition, May 28, 1911 - March 4, 1912, printed circa 1920s
Album of 280 gelatin silver prints, one red-toned, each approx. 4½ x 6½ in. or the reverse, mounted three or four-per-page, numbered in sequence in ink in Ponting's hand, occasional annotations in a later hand, brown cloth (worn), typescript label Book 2 on spine, oblong large 4to.; with corresponding typescript list of titles and dates, twelve pp. with additional title page, in buff card covers, the front cover inscribed in ink in Ponting's hand No 2 Portfolio, Numbers 287 to 564 . List of 7" x 5" Negatives. Scott Expedition from Mr. H. G. Ponting., small 4to. (2)
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Lot Essay

Interior studies and portraits including Capt. Scott's birthday dinner, the Midwinter Day dinner and tree, Ponting in the darkroom (toned red), Ponting giving his Japanese lantern lecture, Meares at the pianola, the cook making pies, Evans at the sewing machine, Cherry-Garrard at the typewriter, the men with their ponies, members conducting scientific experiments and Seaman Evans dressing Dr. Atkinson's frost-bitten hand; the Hut and the landscape photographed by moonlight and flashlight; "Capt. Scott, Simpson, Bowers and Evans leaving for the West Mts. (-40)", "The Motor Party", the shore party, the men with the dog teams ready to start South, B. Day, Cherry-Garrard and Hooper on their return from the Barrier, the Western Geological party, Ponting with his "photo go-cart"; still-life studies of Atkinson's frost-bitten hand, ski-shoes, the sledging ration for one man for one day; killer whales, an extended series on the Weddell and other seals, Skua gulls and the Penguinry after a blizzard.

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