The Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic expedition aboard the "Quest", 1921-1922 / photographed chiefly by G...
The Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic expedition aboard the "Quest", 1921-1922 / photographed chiefly by George Hubert Wilkins and Alexander Hepburn Macklin
About this item
Full title
Date
1921-1922
Call Numbers
PXD 890
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Formats
Pictures and Photographs
Physical Description
Contents
Photographs - 28 x 40 cm. or smaller - 473 silver gelatin photoprints in four albums
Photographs - 30 x 30 cm. or smaller - On cardboard mounts 42 x 40 cm. or smaller - 3 silver gelatin photoprints
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Subjects
More information
Scope and Contents
Contents
The collection consists of 4 albums and 3 mounted photographs.
ITEM 01:
48 photos of shipboard life and duties on the "Quest" and shots of other ships including "Aquitania" and "France". Many photos of crew. Includes shots of St. Helena and one image of Napoleon's house
ITEM 02:
133 photos covering sequences in the Tropics, at R...
Alternative Titles
Full title
The Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic expedition aboard the "Quest", 1921-1922 / photographed chiefly by George Hubert Wilkins and Alexander Hepburn Macklin
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Attribution of images: Although Bee Mason was appointed photographer and cinematographer to the expedition, he left the Quest at Madeira due to sea sickness. From comparison with the photographs in "Shackleton's Last Voyage-the story of the Quest" by Frank Wild [ML 989.8/W], it is possible to give definite attribution of the photographs in the larg...
Signature / Inscriptions
Detailed inscriptions accompany each image in the margins of Album 2 and some images are inscribed on reverse in Album 1
Contextual Information
Source
Purchased Sept 2001
Administrative / Biographical history
The Shackleton-Rowett Antarctic expedition was launched with the intention of surveying the last unmapped regions of Antarctica, however Shackleton died of a heart attack on board the "Quest" as it approached South Georgia on 5 January 1922. Though the expedition proceeded under the command of Frank Wild it did not complete its objectives
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
PXD 890
Record Identifier
nmQdXRyn
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/nmQdXRyn
Other Identifiers
Reference code
413838
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