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Lawrence Oates

(1880-1912), Antarctic explorer

Lawrence 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.

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Lawrence Oates ('Captain Oates and Siberian Ponies aboard the Terra Nova'), by Herbert George Ponting - NPG P1973Lawrence Oates ('Captain Oates and Siberian Ponies aboard the Terra Nova')
by Herbert George Ponting
NPG P1973
Cecil Henry Meares; Lawrence Oates, by Herbert George Ponting - NPG P121Cecil Henry Meares; Lawrence Oates
by Herbert George Ponting
NPG P121
Captain Scott's Birthday Dinner, 6 June 1911, by Herbert George Ponting - NPG P1100Captain Scott's Birthday Dinner, 6 June 1911
by Herbert George Ponting
NPG P1100
'The Polar Party at the South Pole' (Lawrence Oates; Birdie Bowers; Robert Falcon Scott; Edward Adrian Wilson; Edgar Evans), by Henry Robertson ('Birdie') Bowers, added to by Herbert George Ponting - NPG x135720'The Polar Party at the South Pole' (Lawrence Oates; Birdie Bowers; Robert Falcon Scott; Edward Adrian Wilson; Edgar Evans)
by Henry Robertson ('Birdie') Bowers, added to by Herbert George Ponting
NPG x135720

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