Lot 334: Rocky Islets and Slopes of Erebus, McMurdo Strait, 25 April 1903

Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)
Rocky Islets and Slopes of Erebus, McMurdo Strait, 25 April 1903
titled and dated 'Rocky Islets + Slopes of Erebus McMurdo Strait April. 25. '03.' on the reverse
pencil and watercolour on paper
7 3/8 x 11 1/8in. (18.9 x 28.2cm.)

Ray Livingston Murphy, New York City.
with Spink, London.

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From time to time, Christie's may offer a lot which it owns in whole or in part. This is such a lot.
'some cloud, still flat calm. Colour as usual on the western range. Went up Harbour hills again, sketching. Afternoon drawing, evening painting.' (E.A. Wilson, Diary of the 'Discovery' Expedition to the Antarctic 1901-1904 , A. Savours ed., London, 1966, p.255 (entry for Sat 28 April).