Scott's Last Expedition, Dog Team Resting
Photograph
1910
1910
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Ponting was the official photographer for Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic, which tragically ended in the death of Scott and several of his companions. Ponting endured sub-zero temperatures to document the beautiful but treacherous uncharted territory of the South Pole. This photograph comes from a portfolio that he intended as a memorial to the expedition.
Object details
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| Title | Scott's Last Expedition, Dog Team Resting (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | carbon print |
| Brief description | Photograph by Herbert George Ponting, 'Scott's Last Expedition, Dog Team Resting', 1910, carbon print |
| Physical description | photograph depicting icy, mountainous terrain; in a light-drenched clearing feature shadowed figures - among them both humans and sled dogs |
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| Gallery label | Photography Centre 2018-20:
Herbert Ponting (1870–1935)
Scott's Last Expedition, Dog Team Resting
1910–11
Ponting was the official photographer for Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic, which tragically ended in the death of Scott and several of his companions. Ponting endured sub-zero temperatures to document the beautiful but treacherous uncharted territory of the South Pole. This photograph comes from a portfolio that he intended as a memorial to the expedition.
Carbon print
Transferred from the British Museum
Museum no. E.1313-2000 |
| Credit line | Transferred from the British Museum |
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| Summary | Ponting was the official photographer for Captain Scott's final expedition to the Antarctic, which tragically ended in the death of Scott and several of his companions. Ponting endured sub-zero temperatures to document the beautiful but treacherous uncharted territory of the South Pole. This photograph comes from a portfolio that he intended as a memorial to the expedition. |
| Other number | 1931-4-11-18 - British Museum Number |
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| Accession number | E.1313-2000 |
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| Record created | October 16, 2001 |
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