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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

(1874-1922), Antarctic explorer

Sitter in 17 portraits
Polar explorer. Born at Kilkea, Ireland, Shackleton was a junior officer on Discovery on the National Antarctic Expedition under Captain Scott in 1901. His own expedition in Nimrod (1907-9) succeeded in reaching the South Magnetic Pole and scaling Mount Erebus. In 1914 he commanded the Trans-Antarctic Expedition in Endurance. When the ship was crushed by ice, using sledges and boats he guided its company 200 miles to safety. He and five companions then sailed a further 800 miles in a small boat to South Georgia to find rescue.

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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, by Reginald Grenville Eves - NPG 2608

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

by Reginald Grenville Eves
oil on canvas, 1921
On display in Room 25 on Floor 2 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 2608

'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons', by Roland Parker Stone, for  Benjamin Stone - NPG x135574

'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'

by Roland Parker Stone, for Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 29 June 1909
NPG x135574

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, by Olive Edis, and  Katharine Legat (née Edis) - NPG x13255

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

by Olive Edis, and Katharine Legat (née Edis)
sepia-toned platinum print on photographer's card mount, August 1910
NPG x13255

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, by Olive Edis, and  Katharine Legat (née Edis) - NPG x87576

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

by Olive Edis, and Katharine Legat (née Edis)
platinum print on photographer's card mount, August 1910
NPG x87576

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton, by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie - NPG D18064

Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
chromolithograph, 1907 or after
NPG D18064

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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton

by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1909
NPG x6585

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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and others on board the Quest

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1921
NPG x196193

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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and others on board the Quest

by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1921
NPG x196192

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