LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS, R.I.M. (1883-1912)
LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS, R.I.M. (1883-1912)

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LIEUTENANT HENRY ROBERTSON BOWERS, R.I.M. (1883-1912)

"Forstalled: Amundsen's tent at the South Pole"
gelatin silver print
12 x 15in (30.7 x 38cm.)
(mounted on card, light discolouration to edges).

A highly evocative photograph of Scott, Oates, Wilson and Evans at Polheim, Amundsen's camp at the South Pole, January 18th 1912.

Exhibited:
Cambridge. The British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, Exhibition of the Photographic Pictures of Mr. Herbert G. Ponting F.R.G.S., additional photograph B.

Literature:
Fine Art Society (publishers). The British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913. Exhibition of the photographic pictures of Mr. Herbert G. Ponting London: [1913]., p.24.
R.Huntford. Scott and Amundsen, 1979, facing p.301 (subjects incorrectly identified).

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