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HERBERT PONTING (1870-1935) A group of 29 photographs documenting the Terra Nova Expedition. 1910-11. Silver prints, the images measuring 3¾x4¾ to 4¾x6⅝ inches (9.5x12.1 to 12.1x16.8 cm.), and the reverse, each with a numeric notation, some with the title, in pencil, on verso.
Provenance The Estate of Michael Carlebach
Ponting is best known for capturing the Terra Nova expedition of 1910-12, which Robert Falcon Scott led to South Pole. Ponting favored high-quality images taken on glass plates to capture images of Antarctic icescapes and landscapes. He also took many flash photographs of Scott and the other members of the expedition in their Cape Evans hut during the 1911 winter. After 14 months at Cape Evans, he left the Polar party in February 1912 to return to London and prepare his photographs for exhibition. Ponting's Antarctic work took on a tragic overtone and became a memorial to Scott and his companion after he learned of the deaths of the Terra Nova crew members along with the rest of the world in 1913, nearly a year after they perished.
