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'Discovery' in Winter Quarters, McMurdo Sound, 1902 (by Harold Whitehead)

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'Discovery' in Winter Quarters, McMurdo Sound, 1902  wikidata:Q133851141 reasonator:Q133851141
Author
Harold Whitehead (active c.1890s-c.1910)
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Title
'Discovery' in Winter Quarters, McMurdo Sound, 1902
label QS:Len,"'Discovery' in Winter Quarters, McMurdo Sound, 1902"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre marine art Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: 'Discovery' in Winter Quarters, McMurdo Sound, 1902.
Literature: D.E. Yelverton, Antarctica Unveiled, Scott's First Expedition and the Quest for the Unknown Continent, London, 2000, colour frontispiece.
Date 1902 Edit this at Wikidata
Medium oil on canvas Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions height: 45.7 cm (17.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 60.9 cm (23.9 in) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+45.7U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+60.9U174728
Object history

Provenance:

  • Brian Sims, great-nephew of Thomas Whitfield, R.N., Chief Stoker on Discovery;
  • sale, Christie's, 18 April 2000, lot 141, where purchased by the present owner.
  • Sold, Christie's (Live Auction 6911. Travel, Science and Natural History),
Inscriptions signed (lower right) H. Whitehead
References
Source/Photographer https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-5605311

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