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[SIR ERNEST HENRY SHACKLETON (1874-1922)]
A folio of photographs including portraits of Shackleton, and photographs taken on the departures of the Discovery and Nimrod expeditions, together with approximately 41 Antarctic postcards (5 Discovery, 27 Nimrod, 8 Endurance and one of Shackleton's grave), Shackleton's first class railway passes for 'Ferro-Carril Central Argentina' and 'Ferro-Carril del Sud...', 1917-1918, and a lock of Shackleton's hair in an envelope inscribed 'Ernest/April 1877'
PROVENANCE:
Sir Ernest and Lady Shackleton, and thence by descent to the present owners.
A collection of photographs and effects from the Shackleton family collection. The postcards include Wharton nos. DA-4 (five), GA-4, GA-5, GA-6, GA-7, GA-10, GB-2A, GB-3, GD-7181A and B, GG-1, GG-2, GI-7, GI-1 (five), NAI (four), NA-3, NA-7, NB-1 and variants.
A folio of photographs including portraits of Shackleton, and photographs taken on the departures of the Discovery and Nimrod expeditions, together with approximately 41 Antarctic postcards (5 Discovery, 27 Nimrod, 8 Endurance and one of Shackleton's grave), Shackleton's first class railway passes for 'Ferro-Carril Central Argentina' and 'Ferro-Carril del Sud...', 1917-1918, and a lock of Shackleton's hair in an envelope inscribed 'Ernest/April 1877'
PROVENANCE:
Sir Ernest and Lady Shackleton, and thence by descent to the present owners.
A collection of photographs and effects from the Shackleton family collection. The postcards include Wharton nos. DA-4 (five), GA-4, GA-5, GA-6, GA-7, GA-10, GB-2A, GB-3, GD-7181A and B, GG-1, GG-2, GI-7, GI-1 (five), NAI (four), NA-3, NA-7, NB-1 and variants.
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