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Description: | One of five half-plate photographs, described as being of the 'National Antarctic Expedition, 1900-1904'; this was Captain Scott's Discovery expedition. Personably amongst the items recorded in the accession register as given to the Horniman by C. T. Colbeck, , described as 'Collection of his father's Antarctic relics (S.S. Relief Ship "Morning".)' This refers to William Colbeck, captain of the Morning, sent to relieve Scott's Discovery in 1902-1903 and again in 1903-1904. It is unclear whether or not the photographs were taken by Colbeck himself, and so relate only to the two Discovery Relief Expeditions, or were taken by other people and are of the British National Antarctic Expedition. In either case, they were most likely taken in the area of the expeditions' activities in Antarctica: Victoria Land, Ross Island, and the Ross Ice Shelf. Correspondence in the archives (ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/COLBECKW/042) indicates that there were fourteen quarter-plate and five half-plate photographs related to Colbeck, and that these were transferred to the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI) in June 1961 (ARC/HMG/CM/007/A/COLBECKW/038-040). The half-plate photographs are possibly to be identified with P62/45/1-6 in the SPRI's collections. | Publisher: | http://www.horniman.ac.uk/ | Subjects: | plates (photographs (documentary artefact)) British National Antarctic Expedition (Discovery) Discovery Relief Expedition Second Discovery Relief Expedition photography | Source: | Horniman Museum | Identifier: | oai:oai.horniman.ac.uk:object-224683 |
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