Item 05 : Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913 / [drawings by] Chas T. Harrisson, artist to t...
Item 05 : Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913 / [drawings by] Chas T. Harrisson, artist to t...
Item 05 : Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913 / [drawings by] Chas T. Harrisson, artist to the Second Party
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Date
Dec 1911 - Jan 1913
Call Numbers
PXD 782
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Physical Description
Contents
Albums - 34.2 x 23 cm. - 1 sketchbook (1 map and 41 pastel drawings)
Drawings - 5 drawings
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Copying Conditions
Out of copyright : Artist died before 1955
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Contents
SKETCHBOOK
[i] Shackleton Glacier / King George V Land [map]
[ii] [Contents list compiled by Chas T. Harrisson]
1. A detached streamer of the pack, 31 Dec 1911
2. The midnight dawn of the new year, 1912
3. In the pack, 2 Jan
4. The coast of Adelie Land, 8 Jan
5. Ice cliffs of Adelie Land ..., 9 Jan
6. An Antarctic sunset...
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Full title
Item 05 : Australasian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1913 / [drawings by] Chas T. Harrisson, artist to the Second Party
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Notes
General note
Related manuscript material: Diaries, 2 Dec 1911 - 12 Apr 1913, kept by Harrisson while a member of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition. Location number: Z MLMSS 386 (microfilm reel CY 1188, frames 1-294).
Digital order no:Album ID : 946525
Published information
No. 35 reproduced in: A history of Antarctica / Stephen Martin. Sydney : State Library of New South Wales Press, 1996 (p.144)
Contextual Information
Source
Presented 1928
Pic.Acc.5488
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Administrative / Biographical history
C.T. Harrisson, born in Hobart, Tasmania joined the Australasian Antarctic Expedition at 43 years of age. He was stationed with the Western Base (Queen Mary Land) he acted as biologist and artist, accompanying F. Wild on his main eastern journey and several other sledging parties
Reference:
The home of the blizzard / by Sir Douglas Mawson...
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Call Numbers
PXD 782
Record Identifier
1Lj4k8a9
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/1Lj4k8a9
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Reference code
395381
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