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Paintings and Drawings Gallery

The Scott Polar Research Institute holds a unique art collection, with works of polar artists providing a fascinating view of early polar expeditions.

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British Antarctic Expedition 1907-09
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British Arctic Expedition 1875-76
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Paintings and Drawings
> Artist: Samuel Gurney Cresswell
> Artists: Edward Wilson
British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37
British Arctic Air Route Expedition
Antarctic Relief Expeditions 1902-04
British Naval Northwest Passage
British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition
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Hut Point from the top of Observation Hill, January 1911. 5.30pm

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Hut Point from the top of Observation Hill, January 1911. 5.30pm

Three men in a pyramid tent

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Three men in a pyramid tent

HMS Terror. Arctic Expedition 1836-37

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HMS Terror. Arctic Expedition 1836-37

Looking east from Lookout Point, men and penguins, Elephant Island, 1916

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Looking east from Lookout Point, men and penguins, Elephant Island, 1916

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Artist: Samuel Gurney Cresswell
Collection of 8 prints

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Artists: Edward Wilson
Collection of 20 prints

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Artist: George Marston
Collection of 4 prints

The Samuel Enderby

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The Samuel Enderby

The sinking of the Eira, August 21 1881

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The sinking of the Eira, August 21 1881

The Brig Jane and Cutter Beaufoy, on 20th February 1823, bearing up in Latitude 74.15

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The Brig Jane and Cutter Beaufoy, on 20th February 1823, bearing up in Latitude 74.15

Paraselena. McMurdo Sound, 10.30am, 20 June 1911

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Paraselena. McMurdo Sound, 10.30am, 20 June 1911

Discovery in winter quarters, McMurdo Sound looking north

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Discovery in winter quarters, McMurdo Sound looking north

Paraselena. McMurdo Sound, 10.30am, 20 June 1911

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Paraselena. McMurdo Sound, 10.30am, 20 June 1911

Medium: watercolour. Artist: E.A.Wilson (1872-1912). Expedition: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Terra Nova). Paraselene, a moonlike optical illusion caused by moonlight passing through ice crystals in the upper atmosphere

© Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

Colour, Meteorology, Painting, Seals, Watercolour

Curtain aurora

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Mount Erebus, 2 April 1911. 6pm

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Mount Erebus, 2 April 1911. 6pm

Paraselena 15 January 1911. 9.30pm Cape Evans McMurdo Sound

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Paraselena 15 January 1911. 9.30pm Cape Evans McMurdo Sound

Melville Island from Banks Land

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Melville Island from Banks Land

Camp on the breaking pack ice, Weddell Sea, 1915

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Camp on the breaking pack ice, Weddell Sea, 1915

Edward Adrian Wilson, December 1909

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Edward Adrian Wilson, December 1909

Critical position of HMS Investigator on the north-coast of Baring Island, August

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Critical position of HMS Investigator on the north-coast of Baring Island, August

Sledge-party leaving HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney Cresswell

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Sledge-party leaving HMS Investigator in Mercy Bay, under command of Lieutenant Gurney Cresswell

HMS Investigator in the pack, October 8th 1850

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HMS Investigator in the pack, October 8th 1850

Bold Headland on Baring Island

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Bold Headland on Baring Island

First discovery of land by HMS Investigator, September 6th 1850

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First discovery of land by HMS Investigator, September 6th 1850

Looking N.W. Castle Rock below Mount Erebus, 3 August 1903, 2pm

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Looking N.W. Castle Rock below Mount Erebus, 3 August 1903, 2pm

Paraselena 15 January 1911. 9.30pm Cape Evans McMurdo Sound

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Paraselena 15 January 1911. 9.30pm Cape Evans McMurdo Sound

Medium: watercolour. Artist: E.A.Wilson (1872-1912). Expedition: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Terra Nova). Paraselene, a moonlike optical illusion caused by moonlight passing through ice crystals in the upper atmosphere

© Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

Colour, Meteorology, Painting, Watercolour

Iridescent clouds, looking north from the Ramp on Cape Evans, 9 August 1911

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Iridescent clouds, looking north from the Ramp on Cape Evans, 9 August 1911

Sailing towards Elephant Island through open pack ice, Weddell Sea

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Sailing towards Elephant Island through open pack ice, Weddell Sea

Look out from a camp on a large ice floe, Weddell Sea

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Look out from a camp on a large ice floe, Weddell Sea

Sledging over hummocky ice

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Sledging over hummocky ice

HMS Investigator running through a narrow channel in a snow storm, between grounded and packed ice

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HMS Investigator running through a narrow channel in a snow storm, between grounded and packed ice

Mount Erebus from Hut Point, March 1911

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Mount Erebus from Hut Point, March 1911

Earth shadows, Spring 1903

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Earth shadows, Spring 1903

Cape Evans. Looking North, 8 August 1911. 3 p.m

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Cape Evans. Looking North, 8 August 1911. 3 p.m

The Two Sisters, Cape Adare

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The Two Sisters, Cape Adare

Skuas near nest

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Skuas near nest

Looking north in McMurdo Sound. Frost smoke. 16 April 1911

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Looking north in McMurdo Sound. Frost smoke. 16 April 1911

Mount Longstaff. 13000 ft. Farthest South of all, 1902

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Mount Longstaff. 13000 ft. Farthest South of all, 1902

Sledging over hummocky ice

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Sledging over hummocky ice

One of a series of eight chromolithograph sketches by Lieut S. Gurney Cresswell (1827-1867), of the voyage of HMS Investigator under Captain McClure, 1850-54

© Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge

Chromolithograph, Ice, Sledges, Sledging, Snow

Mount Discovery, with open leads in new ice, 26 March 1911. 7pm

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Mount Discovery, with open leads in new ice, 26 March 1911. 7pm

Looking north at noon from South Bay Screen, 3 June 1911

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Looking north at noon from South Bay Screen, 3 June 1911

Hut Point, McMurdo Sound, 7 April 1911

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Hut Point, McMurdo Sound, 7 April 1911

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