Summary

Monochrome lantern with two views of the ship Discovery in Antarctica.

One of 328 images in various formats including artworks, photographs, glass negatives and lantern slides.

Description of Content

Split slide. The image on the left shows the 'SY Discovery' with a man on the deck wearing a sailor's hat. The image on the right shows the 'SY Discovery' with a man climbing up the rigging of the ship's mast. Eric Douglas said 'Left - The Bridge looking aft and Right - A view from the foreyard looking aft'. Photographs taken during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), Voyage 1.

Physical Description

Two panoramic, black and white photographic transparencies, printed on a glass plate. The images are protected with a cover glass of the same size. Paper is also inserted in between the two pieces of glass and the whole slide is bound together with black paper tape.

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