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THE ROYAL COLLECTION TRUST The Heart of the Great Alone : Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography List of Works The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse Public Relations and Marketing The Royal Collection York House St James’s Palace London SW1A 1BQ Telephone +44 (0)20 7839 1377 Fax +44 (0)20 7839 8168 E-mail [email protected] www.royalcollection.org.uk Exhibition catalogue no.* 1.* Herbert Ponting (1870-1935) Herbert Ponting, with cinematographic camera , 1911 Toned silver bromide print: 456 x 333 mm 2. Herbert Ponting Cirrus clouds over the Barne Glacier , 19 December 1911 Carbon print on dyed paper: 434 x 588 mm 3. Herbert Ponting Captain Scott, RN CVO , February 1911 Silver bromide print: 437 x 610 mm 4. Herbert Ponting The hut at Cape Evans , 26 March 1911 Carbon print: 734 x 575 mm 5. Herbert Ponting The Terra Nova in McMurdo Sound , 7 January 1911 Carbon print: 582 x 730 mm 6. Herbert Ponting Tabular iceberg off Cape Royds , 13 February 1911 Carbon print: 584 x 732 mm 7. Herbert Ponting The Castle Berg, with dog sledge , 17 September 1911 Carbon print: 532 x 750 mm 8. Herbert Ponting Vida , 1911 Toned silver bromide print: 380 x 275 mm 9. Herbert Ponting Osman, ‘our best sledge dog’ , 1911 Toned silver bromide print: 380 x 275 mm 10. Herbert Ponting Captain Lawrence Oates and Siberian ponies on board Terra Nova , 1910 Carbon print: 444 x 590 mm 11. Herbert Ponting Petty Officer Evans and Snatcher the pony , October 1911 Toned silver bromide print: 336 x 454 mm 12. Herbert Ponting The Shore Party , January 1911 Silver bromide print: 436 x 619 mm * The Heart of the Great Alone: Scott, Shackleton and Antarctic Photography , David Hempleman-Adams, Sophie Gordon and Emma Stuart (Royal Collection Publications) 13. Herbert Ponting Dr E.A. Wilson , October 1911 Toned silver bromide print: 456 x 334 mm 14. Herbert Ponting Lieutenant H.R. Bowers , 11 October 1911 Toned silver bromide print: 456 x 334 mm 15. Herbert Ponting Petty Officer Edgar Evans , November 1911 Toned silver bromide print: 456 x 334 mm 16. Herbert Ponting Captain L.E.G. Oates , October- November 1911 Toned silver bromide print: 456 x 334 mm 17. Herbert Ponting The Terra Nova icebound in the pack , 13 December 1910 Carbon print: 732 x 585 mm 18. Herbert Ponting The ramparts of Mount Erebus , 1911 Carbon print: 722 x 589 mm 19. Herbert Ponting The Terra Nova in a gale , March 1912 Carbon print: 729 x 579 mm 20. Herbert Ponting Grotto in an iceberg , 5 January 1911 Carbon print: 746 x 538 mm 21. Herbert Ponting A weathered iceberg , 29 December 1911 Carbon print: 572 x 740 mm 22. Herbert Ponting The Terra Nova at the ice foot, Cape Evans , 16 January 1911 Carbon print: 735 x 578 mm 23. Herbert Ponting Midnight in the Antarctic summer , 30 January 1911 Carbon print: 530 x 745 mm 24. Herbert Ponting Weddell seal about to dive, Cape Evans , 15 March 1911 Carbon print: 430 x 601 mm 25. Herbert Ponting Weddell seal on the beach at Cape Evans , November 1911 – March 1912 Carbon print: 444 x 602 mm 26. Herbert Ponting The ‘Glad Eye’ , November 1911 – March 1912 Silver bromide print: 457 x 335 mm 27. Herbert Ponting The ‘Stony Stare’ , November 1911– March 1912 Silver bromide print: 456 x 333 mm 28. Herbert Ponting Dr Atkinson and Clissold hauling up the fish-trap, -40°C , 28 May 1911 Silver bromide print: 437 x 610 mm 29. Herbert Ponting The winter journey to Cape Crozier , June 1911 Silver bromide print: 437 x 610 mm 30. Herbert Ponting The freezing of the sea , April 1911 Carbon print: 746 x 581 mm 31. Herbert Ponting End of the Barne Glacier , 1911 Carbon print: 756 x 536 mm 32. Herbert Ponting Captain Scott writing his diary , 7 October 1911 Toned silver bromide print: 444 x 602 mm 33. Herbert Ponting Captain Scott’s last birthday dinner , 6 June 1911 Toned silver bromide print: 436 x 610 mm 34. Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers (1883 – 1912) The Polar party and their sledge , 4-7 January 1912 Silver bromide print: 275 x 380 mm 35. Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers Forestalled. Amundsen’s tent at the South Pole , 18 January 1912 Silver bromide print: 275 x 380 mm 36. Henry ‘Birdie’ Bowers At the South Pole , 18 January 1912 Silver bromide print: 275 x 380 mm 37. Edward Adrian Wilson (1872 –1912) The camp at the South Pole , 18 January 1912 Silver bromide print: 275 x 380 mm 38. Tryggve Gran (1889 - 1980) The grave on the Great Ice Barrier , 12-13 November 1912 Silver bromide print: 380 x 275 mm 39. Frank Hurley (1890–1962) Hurley and Sir Ernest Shackleton at Patience Camp , December 1915 – January 1916 Silver bromide print: 205 x 154 mm 40. Frank Hurley Glacier Moraine Fjord, South Georgia , 24 November 1914 Silver bromide print: 154 x 206 mm 41. Frank Hurley Head of Moraine Fjord, South Georgia , 24 November 1914 Silver bromide print: 153 x 205 mm 42. Frank Hurley Sea elephant pups, South Georgia , 1914 Silver bromide print: 152 x 204 mm 43. Frank Hurley Entering the pack ice, Weddell Sea, Lat 57° 59’S. Long 22° 39’ W , 9 December 1914 Silver bromide print: 153 x 205 mm 44. Frank Hurley Typical pack ice, Weddell Sea, Lat 62° 50’S. Long 17°21’ W , December 1914 Silver bromide print: 150 x 202 mm 45. Frank Hurley A pinnacled glacier berg observed in Lat 62° 41’S. Long 17° 32’ W , January 1915 Silver bromide print: 153 x 204 mm 46. Frank Hurley Dawn of 1915 , 1 January 1915 Silver bromide print: 147 x 201 mm 47. Frank Hurley The surroundings of the ship at the end of winter , 1915 Silver bromide print: 154 x 204 mm 48. Frank Hurley The Endurance awaiting the opening up of the pack , 1 January 1915 Silver bromide print: 154 x 201 mm 49. Frank Hurley Young Emperor penguins , 1915 Silver bromide print: 154 x 205 mm 50. Frank Hurley Young King penguin in first year plumage , South Georgia, 1914 Silver bromide print: 152 x 204 mm 51. Frank Hurley Deck of Endurance on the way south , 1914 Silver bromide print: 152 x 205 mm 52. Frank Hurley The departing sun , 1915 Silver bromide print: 154 x 204 mm 53. Frank Hurley Hurley with his team , August - September 1915 Silver bromide print: 153 x 203 mm 54. Frank Hurley Samson at the entrance of his dogloo , February - March 1915 Silver bromide print: 153 x 205 mm 55. Frank Hurley Frank Hurley with cinematograph next to the Endurance , 1 September 1915 Silver bromide print: 205 x 154 mm 56. Frank Hurley The return of the sun after 92 days , 1915 Silver bromide print: 202 x 151 mm 57. Frank Hurley Huge blocks weighing upwards of 50 tons were thrown about in indescribable confusion , September - October 1915 Silver bromide print: 154 x 205 mm 58. Frank Hurley Worsley standing next to a working pressure ridge showing an immense block of over 100 tons being rafted , August 1915 Silver bromide print: 155 x 205 mm 59. Frank Hurley Wild and Shackleton between two pressure ridges , Spring 1915 Silver bromide print: 154 x 205 mm 60. Frank Hurley Dawn after Winter , August 1915 Silver bromide print: 153 x 203 mm 61. Frank Hurley The incipient stage of a pressure ridge , September 1915 Silver bromide print: 155 x 204 mm 62. Frank Hurley Ice flowers , Spring 1915 Silver bromide print: 145 x 193 mm 63. Frank Hurley The night watchman spins a yarn , 1915 Silver bromide print: 153 x 204 mm 64. Frank Hurley Frank Hurley and Leonard Hussey on night watch , Midwinter 1915 Silver bromide print: 154 x 205 mm 65. Frank Hurley Taking occultations , June 1915 Silver bromide print: 203 x 152 mm 66. Frank Hurley Taking the dogs out for exercise , August 1915 Silver bromide print: 205 x 154 mm 67. Frank Hurley The bi-weekly ablutions of the ‘Ritz’, undertaken by Wordie, Cheetham and Macklin , 1915 Silver bromide print: 154 x 203 mm 68. Frank Hurley In the ‘Ritz’, the work room of the Ship , Midwinter, 1915 Silver bromide print: 153 x 203 mm 69. Frank Hurley The Endurance in the garb of winter , June 1915 Silver bromide print: 202 x 152 mm 70. Frank Hurley Wind-sculptured hummocks , 1915 Silver bromide print: 153 x 205 mm 71. Frank Hurley During midwinter , 1915 Silver bromide print: 153 x 205 mm 72. Frank Hurley The ship was the nucleus of a pressure wave , September - October 1915 Silver bromide print: 153 x 202 mm 73. Frank Hurley The Endurance forced out of the ice by the coming together of the floes , 18 October 1915 Silver bromide print: 154 x 200 mm 74. Frank Hurley The ship was forced into this position 15 seconds after the floes came together , 18 October 1915 Silver bromide print, 205 x 154 mm 75. Frank Hurley The Endurance crushed between the floes , 25 October 1915 Silver bromide print: 205 x 151 mm 76. Frank Hurley Wild observes the wreck , 8 November 1915 Silver bromide print: 154 x 205 mm 77. Frank Hurley The party at Ocean Camp on the drifting sea ice: Sir Ernest Shackleton and Frank Wild on the left , 30 October 1915 Silver bromide print: 152 x 206 mm 78. Frank Hurley The look-out platform at Ocean Camp , November 1915 Silver bromide print: 153 x 205 mm 79. Frank Hurley The exhausted party on the beach at Cape Valentine, Elephant Island , 15 April 1916 Silver bromide print: 123 x 207 mm 80.
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