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Call Number:

PH-00096

Collection Name:

Herbert George Ponting Photography Collection

Creator:

, 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929

, 1883 - 1912

No. of Items:

15 items

Span Dates:

1910-1912

Description:

The collection consists of fifteen prints made from original negatives taken during Captain Scott’s Antarctica Expedition of 1910-1912. Herbert George Ponting (British, 1870-1935) was the official photographer to the expedition, and the bulk of the collection are prints by him. Also included, however, are two photographs (964:0032:0010, 0012) by Lieut. H. R. (Henry Robertson) Bowers (Scottish, 1883-1912), another member of the expedition. Print information follows. All titles taken from the rectos and versos of the prints.

964:0032:0001 -- The 'Terra Nova' Icebound, 1912. Gelatin silver print, 25.4 x 20.3 cm;
964:0032:0002 -- A Grotto In an Iceberg, 1910-1913. Gelatin silver print, 25.5 x 20.4 cm;
964:0032:0003 -- Adélie Penguins at Cape Royds, 1911-1912. Gelatin silver print, 25.1 x 20 cm;
964:0032:0004 -- The 'Terra Nova' at the Ice Foot, 1911-1912. Gelatin silver print, 25.5 x 20.2 cm;
964:0032:0005 -- The Freezing of the Sea, 1912. Gelatin silver print, 25.5 x 20.2 cm;
964:0032:0006 -- The Tenements, 1911-1912. Gelatin silver print, 20.2 x 25.8 cm;
964:0032:0007 -- Capt. Scott Writing In His Diary, 1912. Gelatin silver print, 20.6 x 25.4 cm;
964:0032:0008 -- Seals Basking on Pancake Ice, 1912. Gelatin silver print, 20.2 x 25.6 cm;
964:0032:0009 -- The Castle Berg, 1912. Gelatin silver print, 20.3 x 25.6 cm;
964:0032:0010 -- Amundsen's Tent at the South Pole, 1911-1912. Photograph by Bowers. Gelatin silver print, 20.3 x 25.6 cm;
964:0032:0011 -- The Last Rest, 1912. Gelatin silver print, 20.4 x 25.5 cm;
964:0032:0012 -- Amundsen's Tent at the South Pole, 1912. Photograph by Bowers. Gelatin silver print, 18.6 x 24.4 cm;
964:0032:0013 -- The “Terra Nova” at the Ice Foot, 1912. Gelatin silver print, 38.5 x 30.3 cm;
964:0032:0014 -- An Iceberg Grotto, 1912. Gelatin silver print, 38.5 x 30.3 cm;
964:0649:0001 -- Antarctic 1912 [self-portrait with cinecamera], 1912. Carbon print, 18.4 x 12.5 cm (image); 26.3 x 20.7 cm (sheet).

Accession No(s):

964:0032:0001-0014; 964:0649:0001

Location(s):

1 osb, H.G. Ponting Box (964:0032:0001-0012; 964:0649:0001)
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P Box, Large (964:0032:0013)
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Item(s):
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title [The ‘Terra Nova’ Icebound]
Date 1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 25.4 x 20.3 cm; 10 x 8 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0001
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title [A Grotto In an Iceberg]
Date 1910-1913
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 25.5 x 20.4 cm; 10 x 8 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0002
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title [Adélie Penguins at Cape Royds]
Date [1911-1912]
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 25.1 x 20 cm; 9 9/10 x 7 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0003
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title [The 'Terra Nova' at the Ice Foot]
Date 1911-1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 25.5 x 20.2 cm; 10 x 8 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0004
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title [The Freezing of the Sea]
Date 1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 25.5 x 20.2 cm; 10 x 8 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0005
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title [The Tenements]
Date 1911-1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 20.2 x 25.8 cm; 8 x 10 1/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0006
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title Capt. Scott Writing In His Diary
Date 1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 20.6 x 25.4 cm; 8 1/10 x 10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0007
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title Seals Basking on Pancake Ice
Date 1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 20.2 x 25.6 cm; 8 x 10 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0008
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title The Castle Berg
Date 1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 20.3 x 25.6 cm; 8 x 10 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0009
Artist/Maker , 1883 - 1912
Title [Amundsen's Tent at the South Pole]
Date 1911-1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 20.3 x 25.6 cm; 8 x 10 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0010
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title [The Last Rest]
Date 1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 20.4 x 25.5 cm; 8 x 10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0011
Artist/Maker , 1883 - 1912
Title Amundsen's tent at the South Pole
Date 1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 18.6 x 24.4 cm; 7 3/10 x 9 3/5 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0012
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title The “Terra Nova” at the Ice Foot
Date 1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 38.5 x 30.3 cm; 15 1/5 x 11 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0013
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title An Iceberg Grotto
Date 1912
Medium Gelatin silver print
Dimensions 38.5 x 30.3 cm; 15 1/5 x 11 9/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0032:0014
Artist/Maker , 1870 - 1935, active 1900/1909 - 1920/1929
Title [Antarctic 1912]
Date 1912
Medium Carbon print
Dimensions image: 18.4 x 12.5 cm; 7 1/5 x 4 9/10 in; sheet: 26.3 x 20.7 cm; 10 2/5 x 8 1/10 in
Credit line Gernsheim Collection, purchase
Accession
Number		 964:0649:0001