Sir Edgeworth David : British Antarctic Expedition (chiefly 1907-09 expedition)

PXE 845 (v.2)

series

chiefly 1907-1909

Graphic Materials, Photographs, Drawings

404592

748 photographs
8 drawings. 3 printed items

BOX 1
247 photoprints, approx. 8.5 x 12 cm. or smaller, chiefly untitled.

BOX 2
126 photoprints, approx. 8.5 x 12 cm. or smaller. Comprises incomplete series numbers: D 8-D 50 ; 300s, 400s, 600s and 2 series of captioned photoprints. Also includes 7 photoprints by R. Priestly, dated 1912.

BOX 3
93 stereographs (39 on mounts), approx. 12 x 18 cm. or smaller, untitled.

BOX 4
145 photographs, 12 x 16.5 cm. or smaller, chiefly untitled.

BOX 5
78 photographs, 20.5 x 15.5 cm. or smaller + 59 photographs, approx. 21.5 x 30 cm. or smaller. Includes the Nimrod, Discovery & Aurora; portraits of expedition members; panoramic views.

BOX 6
6 pages of pencil drawings, signed "T.W.E.D.", dated 7 Nov - 23 Nov 1908 ; 2 crayon drawings [the eruption of Erebus] ; 3 printed items: Nimrod leaving Lyttleton, Jan 1st (supplement to The Canterbury Times, 8 Jan 1908) ; Panorama illustrating Northern Party's journey and Panorama of mountains south of Mount Markham ; Fourteen good men and true, the men of Shackleton's 1907-09 expedition, sketched for Aurora Australis.

Photographs arranged by size & format

Many of the photoprints & drawings identified in: The Heart of the Antarctic : being the story of the British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-1909 / E.H. Shackleton. Philadelphia : J.B. Lippincott, 1909 and British Antarctic Expedition, 1907-9 under the command of Sir E.H. Shackleton : reports of the scientific investigations. Geology, Vol. 1. Glaciology, physiography, stratigraphy, and tectonic geology of South Victoria Land / by T.W. Edgeworth David and Raymond E. Priestly. London : Heinemann, 1914.
See also series of photographs of this expedition held in: Allen Family albums, vols. 44-47. Location number: PX*D 584-PX*D 587, Mitchell Library.
Photoprints by R. Priestly (Box 2) probably from the British Antarctic Expedition, 1910-1913. Reference: `The ascent of Erebus, December 1912 by Raymond Priestly' in: Scott's last expedition, Vol. II / arranged by Leonard Huxley with a preface by Sir Clements R. Markham. London : Smith Elder & Co., 1914 (pp.350-358)
Photographs of the ship `Discovery' (Box 5) possibly from the BANZAR (British, Australian & New Zealand Antarctic Research) Expedition, 1929-31. Reference: The voyages of the Discovery : the illustrated history of Scott's ship / Ann Savours. London : Virgin, 1992. (illustrations between pages 240-1)

Chiefly untitled