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Frank Hurley (1885-1962)
The pressure menaced us on all sides Aug 1915Sep 1915
Silver bromide print | 15.4 x 20.4 cm (image) (image) | RCIN 2580093
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Photograph of "Endurance" as viewed across lumps and fissures of ice. On 27 October the pressure from the ice finally staved in the sides of "Endurance": 'the ice mill is in motion again' wrote Hurley. 'Immense slabs are rafted, balance a moment, then topple down and are over-ridden by a chaos of crunched fragments…the line of pressure now assaults the ship and she is heaved to the crest of the ridge like a toy .' She finally sank on the 21 November 1915
Provenance
Presented to King George V, 1917
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Medium and techniques
Silver bromide print
Measurements
15.4 x 20.4 cm (image) (image)
29.2 x 37.7 cm (page dimensions)
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Alternative title(s)
"The Pressure mounted on all sides". [Photographs of scenes and incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party, 1914, 1915, 1916].
