Lot 63: Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
False Bay. South Africa. Oct. 1901.
signed with initials 'E.A.W.', inscribed and dated as titled, with ownership inscription by Wilson's father 'Dr E.J. Wilson Westal Cheltenham' on the reverse of the mount
watercolour on paper, shaped bottom corners
unframed
4 x 8in. (21.1 x 20.3cm.)

By descent from the artist; sale Christie's, 25 Sept. 2001, lot 144 (part), where purchased by the present owner.

Discovery spent ten days (3-13 October) at the Cape, refitting and completing magnetic observations. On 14 October she sailed out of Simon's Bay to False Bay past Danger Point and on to New Zealand. There is another similar view ('In False Bay ... Oct 14 '01') in the Scott Polar Research Institution (SPRI 1328), reproduced in A. Savours (ed.), Edward Wilson Diary of the Discovery Expedition, London, 1966, facing p.65.