The 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition: sherpas loading yaks with supplies

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Francis Helps (1890-1972)
The 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition: sherpas loading yaks with supplies
signed and dated 'Francis Helps 24' (lower left), signed with initials 'FH' (on one of the packing crates)
oil on canvas
22 x 30in. (55.8 x 76.2cm.)

Provenance

Walter Seymour (label on reverse of the frame).
Anon. sale, Kaminski, Beverly, Massachusetts, 16 Feb. 2014, lot 8109.

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Lot Essay

A pupil of Tonks at the Slade School of Art, Francis Helps was the official artist on the British Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, which saw Mallory and Irvine lose their lives on the mountain. A selection of his expedition paintings and drawings was exhibited alongside Noel's photographs at the Alpine Club in 1925 (Exhibition of Paintings and Photographs by Francis Helps and Capt. J. B. L. Noel from the Mount Everest Expedition, 1924, Jan.-Feb. 1925). The expedition surgeon, T. Howard Somervell, also sketched on the expedition.

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