Paintings and Drawings
The Scott Polar Research Institute holds a unique art collection, with works of polar artists providing a fascinating view of early polar expeditions.
Choose from 34 pictures in our Paintings and Drawings collection for your Wall Art or Photo Gift. Popular choices include Framed Prints, Canvas Prints, Posters and Jigsaw Puzzles. All professionally made for quick delivery.
Scottish National Antarctic Expedition
British Expedition to Graham Land
British Arctic Expedition 1875-76
British National Antarctic Expedition
Paintings and Drawings
> Artist: Samuel Gurney Cresswell
> Artists: Edward Wilson
> Artist: George Marston
British Graham Land Expedition 1934-37
British Arctic Air Route Expedition
Antarctic Relief Expeditions 1902-04
British Naval Northwest Passage Expedition
British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13
Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17
Images Dated
Featured Paintings and Drawings Print
HMS Terror. Arctic Expedition 1836-37
HMS Terror, nine months in the Ice of Frozen-Strait, under the command of Captain, now Rear Admiral Sir George Back, April, 1836-37. Photograph from a painting by E.W.Cooke. Arctic Expedition 1836-37
Ice, Sailing Ship, Sea Ice, Ships, Snow
Featured Paintings and Drawings Print
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
Featured Paintings and Drawings Print
Sailing towards Elephant Island through open pack ice, Weddell Sea
Medium: Oil painting. Artist: George Marston (1882-1940). Expedition: Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-17 (Endurance). Leader: Ernest Shackleton
© Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge
Boats, Painting, Sailing, Sea Ice
