Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
(1874-1922), Antarctic explorerSitter 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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by Unknown photographer
vintage print, 1900s
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Sir Edwin Pears; Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 29 June 1909
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Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 29 June 1909
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'Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
by Roland Parker Stone, for Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 29 June 1909
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'Sir Benjamin Stone's Luncheon Party at the House of Commons'
by Benjamin Stone
platinum print, 29 June 1909
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by Olive Edis, and Katharine Legat (née Edis)
sepia-toned platinum print on photographer's card mount, August 1910
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published by E.A. Farnol
postcard print, 1910s
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by Charles Robert Watson
bromide print, 1910s
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by Olive Edis, and Katharine Legat (née Edis)
platinum print on photographer's card mount, August 1910
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton with two views of the Endurance
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, 1914
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'The late Sir Ernest Shackleton and the Crew of the "Quest"' (including Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton)
by Unknown photographer
photogravure, 1921
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by Alexander ('Alick') Penrose Forbes Ritchie
chromolithograph, 1907 or after
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton ('Men of the Day. No. 1192. "The South Pole."')
by 'KITE'
chromolithograph, published in Vanity Fair 6 October 1909
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by George Charles Beresford
dry-plate glass negative, 1909
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and others on board the Quest
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1921
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Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton and others on board the Quest
by Unknown photographer
bromide print, circa 1921
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Related People
- Edward Arthur Alexander Shackleton, Baron Shackleton (son)
- Cecily Jane Swinford Shackleton (daughter)
- Emily Mary (née Dorman), Lady Shackleton (wife)
- Henry Shackleton (father)
- Kathleen Shackleton (sister)
- Raymond Swinford Shackleton (son)
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