Lawrence Oates
(1880-1912), Antarctic explorerLawrence Edward Grace Oates
Sitter associated with 4 portraits
Antarctic explorer; member of Scott's expedition which reached the South Pole in 1912; on the return, Oates walked to his death in a blizzard to try to save his companions. Nicknamed 'the soldier' and called by Scott 'the cheery old pessimist', he was devoted to animals.
Lawrence Oates ('Captain Oates and Siberian Ponies aboard the Terra Nova')
by Herbert George Ponting
toned bromide print, 1910
NPG P1973
Cecil Henry Meares; Lawrence Oates
by Herbert George Ponting
carbon print, 26 May 1911
NPG P121
Captain Scott's Birthday Dinner, 6 June 1911
by Herbert George Ponting
carbon print, 6 June 1911
NPG P1100
by Henry Robertson ('Birdie') Bowers, added to by Herbert George Ponting
vintage print, 17 January 1912
NPG x135720
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