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• Auction House:
  Leski Auctions
• Sale Name:
  Australian & Historical
• Sale Date:
  03 Dec 2022 ~ Session 1 (Lots 1 - 670) 10am (AEDT)
  04 Dec 2022 ~ Session 2 (Lots 671 - 1277) 10am (AEDT)
• Lot #:
  739
• Lot Description:
  FRANK HURLEY (1885-1962) -“A spectre ship looming stark and white against the darkness of the polar night”
  [the Endurance in the Antarctic winter darkness, trapped in the Weddell Sea, Shackleton Expedition, 27 August 1915],
  silver gelatin photograph
  15 x 20cm
• Provenance:
  The Estate of Archdeacon John Bidwell (1884-1974); presented to him by Frank Hurley.
• Notes:
  The Endurance was Ernest Shackleton’s ship on the 1914-1917 Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition. It became trapped in ice, and finally sank in the Weddell Sea on 21st November, 1915. Frank Hurley had joined the expedition as official photographer in October 1914.
• Estimate:
  A$2,000 - 3,000
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Collectables

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