• Title
  Captain Frank Hurley self-portrait, on board the "Discovery", ca. 1929
• Call number
  P2/470
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1929
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  421274
• Physical Description
  Photographs - 1 silver gelatin photoprint - 32 x 27.7 cm. - Cardboard mounted
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  James Francis Hurley, generally known as Captain Frank Hurley (1885-1962) was born in Sydney, NSW. A professional photographer and author, he was official photographer to the first Australasian Antarctic Expedition (1911-1913) and the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1914-1916) as well as official photographer to the AIF in 1917-18 and in WWII. His Antarctic and war photography, both photographs and films, made his name but he also photographed Australia extensively and published many photographic books on Australia. Source: Australian Encyclopedia, 4th edn, 1983
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
  Please acknowledge:: Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales
• General note
  
  The "Discovery" was the ship of the British, Australian and New Zealand Expedition, 1929-1931
  Digital order no:a1528243
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Capt Frank Hurley -- signed on reverse by Hurley
• Creator/Author/Artist
  Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962
  
• Name
  Discovery (ship : Captain = John Davis)
  Hurley, Frank, 1885-1962
  
• Subject
  Adult Males
  
• Topic
  expeditions
  photographers
  portraits
  ships
  
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