Summary
Monochrome photograph, 'Crabeater Seals & Adelie Penguins, Drifting on Their Frozen Raft', by Frank Hurley, Antarctica.
One of 328 images in various formats including artworks, photographs, glass negatives and lantern slides.
Description of Content
Crabeater Seals and Adelie Penguins drifting on an ice floe. Eric Douglas captioned the image 'Crabeater Seals and Adelie Penguins drifting on their frozen raft'. Photograph taken during the British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition (BANZARE), Voyage 1.
Physical Description
Printed black and white photograph in cardboard mount.
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Sally Douglas, 10 Oct 2008
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Place & Date Depicted
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Photographer
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Expedition Leader
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Format
Photograph, Black & White
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Inscriptions
Handwritten in pencil on back of mount: '26288' On back of mount, printed in black ink on sticker: 'Phone/ Footscray 398/ A. L. FRITH/ Picture Frame/ Manufacturer./ 17 Paisley Street,/ Footscray.' [some text has been removed and is indecipherable from tears in the sticker].
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Overall Dimensions
480 mm (Width), 380 mm (Height)
dimensions of mount
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Image Dimensions - Photograph
380 mm (Width), 283 mm (Height)
photograph only, not including mount.
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References
[Article] Douglas, Sally. Eric Douglas Antarctica Collection at Museum Victoria.
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Keywords
Antarctic Expeditions, Antarctic Exploration, Antarctic Research, Antarctica, Icebergs, Penguins, Photography, Seals (Animals)
