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Frank Hurley (1885-1962)
The exhausted party on the beach at Cape Valentine, Elephant Island 15 August 1916
Silver bromide print | 12.3 x 20.7 cm (image) | RCIN 2580107
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This was the men’s first experience of dry land in nearly 500 days, after an exhausting six-day boat journey. Shackleton recorded the near-hysterical reactions of the men: 'They were laughing uproariously, picking up stones and letting handfuls of pebbles trickle through their fingers like misers gloating over hoarded gold'.
Provenance
Presented to King George V by Sir Ernest Shackleton, 1917
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Medium and techniques
Silver bromide print
Measurements
12.3 x 20.7 cm (image)
29.2 x 37.7 cm (page dimensions)
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Alternative title(s)
The Exhausted party on the beach at Cape Valentine, Elephant Island. [Photographs of scenes and incidents in connection with the happenings to the Weddell Sea Party, 1914, 1915, 1916].
