edward adrian wilson paintings

The Society was one of the main sponsors of the expedition, and Geikie a great supporter of its scientific aims. 70% off! ), FZS was born in Montpellier Parade, Cheltenham on 23 July 1872. E.A. 100% satisfaction guaranteed. 1902/Antarctic Expedition/Dr. Estimate: $5,840 - $8,760. (11.4 x 19.3cm.) (upper centre)pencil on paper watermarked three lions nonpareil wove 7¾ x 10in. £4,000 - £6,000. His study of the breeding habits of the penguins (which anticipated that penguin embryology would shed light on ancestry of birds) was published in the second volume ( Zoology ) of the expeditions scientific results (see lot 151) and a summary of the two visits appears in Appendix II of Scott's The Voyage of the 'Discovery'. £4,500 - £5,500, Description: Please enter a valid email address (name@host.com), Lot 226: Dr Edward Adrian Wilson (British, 1872-1912) 'The Slopes of Ferrar & Pram Point - from Crater Hill', Antarctica, Lot 3: Dr Edward Adrian Wilson (British, 1872-1912) 'An Empire Penguin Rookery', Lot 5: Dr Edward Adrian Wilson (British, 1872-1912) 'The Crippetts' with a kestrel in the foreground, Lot 6: Dr Edward Adrian Wilson (British, 1872-1912) Mount Erebus, Ross Island, 28 April 1911, Lot 7: Dr Edward Adrian Wilson (British, 1872-1912) Items from the study of the Wilson's family home 'The Crippetts', Lot 16: Dr Edward Adrian Wilson (British, 1872-1912) The Crippets with a kestrel in the foreground, Lot 17: Dr Edward Adrian Wilson (British, 1872-1912) A red kite on a perch. A collection of original pencil drawings,fine preliminary sketches with annotated notes on colours, for working up into final watercolours: a three-part landscape numbered 1-3 from Crater Hill through Observatory Hill to Cape Armitage dated April.7.11, an unnamed rock formation and three sketchbook sheets dated Sept.13.11. MB Cantab Head of the Scientific Staff National Antarctic Expedition 1910-12'. (lower right), inscribed as titled (lower centre), and further inscribed 'From the floe in McMurdo Strt on the way to Tortoise rock, shows the group of small columns drawn elsewhere in profile from the South, and also an unusual vent on the left from the lower edge of the tip.' Description: (21.1 x 20.3cm.) Description: In the third he thanks Sir Archibald for the Albums, again commenting on the excellence of the expedition members, noting that 'Captain Scott has taken my place on the "Terra Nova" from here to Melbourne... Scotts object in the change was to get to know his people... while I reach Melbourne before he does, & choose another geologist there, probably Priestley... we shall then have three ; - Griffith Taylor... J.A.Thomson... and Priestley'. ), Estimate: (7). Free certificate of authenticity free shipping. Invaluable cannot guarantee the accuracy of translations through Google Translate and disclaims any responsibility for inaccurate translations. Description: South Trinidad. Description: (2), Estimate: 43/4 x 8in. Autograph letter signed to Mrs. Pye Smith, 41 St Mark's Road, 22 December 1913, accompanying the portrait photograph 'his father wrote the name underneath & this is the one we all like best', one page, 8vo, integral blank. [ Together with :] a printed programme for the unveiling of the Wilson Memorial in Cheltenham, 9 July 1914. The last of these, dated 3 April 1912 was sent to Wilson’s parents by his wife Ory who was waiting for him at Christchurch New Zealand. PROVENANCE: By descent from the artist to the present owner. Sunset, 7p.m., March.30.11, Hut Point, ski slope inscribed 'Sunset 7pm. A further version was used as frontispiece for the South Polar Times, Vol. Edward Adrian Wilson, December 1909 Artist: Alfred Usher Soord, 1868-1915. Estimate: 2 (2). Sept. 13 '01') in the Scott Polar Research Institute (SPRI 1323), reproduced in A. Savours (ed. "Discovery"' watercolour 9½ x 7½in. $4,380 - $7,300. (7). pencil, unframed 121/2 x 9in. We certainly don't get much light from him at present and yet we cannot forget him, because there is still, on clear days, a line of twilight with a faint orange red tint along the northern horizon, not much to boast of, nor enough to pierce the thinnest clouds which make things very dark indeed.' The present group of Wilson's sketches ranges from a prize-winning drawing made at Cheltenham College in 1888 (he won the School prize for drawing four years in succession) to his Swiss work in Davos where he spent November 1898 - May 1899 convalescing from tuberculosis. Your email address or password is incorrect. Arrangements for the Ceremony of Unveiling the Memorial Statue in the Promenade of the late Dr. E.A.Wilson... on Thursday, the 9th July, 1914, a single leaf (192 x 124mm), printed recto and verso. The Emperor Penguin Rookery, Cape Crozier signed 'E A Wilson' (lower left) watercolour 10 x 15in. ), Estimate: Charles W. Rawson Royds was First Lieutenant and meteorologist on the Discovery expedition: he and Wilson were close friends on the expedition; their duets were a highlight of the ship's concerts during the polar winter; Royds had accompanied Wilson on his first journey to the Emperor Penguin rookeries at Cape Crozier in September 1903. Oct. 1901. signed with initials 'E.A.W. Estimate: “I think there are few things in which I take such pride as in the confidence of your son…”, 4 pages, signature cut out, onboard RMS Saxon, 19 July, 1910; Autograph letter signed to Dr. Wilson snr. ], Description: Related plates after Wilson's original Crozier drawings include the frontispiece to volume II of Scott's The Voyage of the 'Discovery' ('Emperor Penguin Rookery'). Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912): polar explorer and artist. Every canvas print is hand-crafted in the USA, made on-demand at iCanvas and expertly stretched around … Description: $8,250 - $11,550. (14.3 x 23.5cm.) (21.1 x 20.3cm. Always custom made on premium grade canvas by European artists. (13.3 x 21.6cm.). Description: (19.1 x 27.3cm.). (6), Estimate: 11'penciltogether with a watercolour by the same hand dated 'Jan 4. 17. Description: It became the custom for Shackleton to rouse Wilson in the early hours of the morning to see a particularly spectacular sunrise...' (M. and J. Fisher, Shackleton, London, 1957, pp.27-8.) Nelson, but Wright is to order the hydrographic equipment himself, always remembering that 'Every order must go through the office' for Scott's signature; Wright is also to bear in mind before planning the involvement of other scientists in analysing sea water samples that any results are to be held back for the official expedition reports -- 'There is to be no publication without Capt. Tinsemhorn. Dr. Edward Adrian Wilson BA, MB (Cantab. Woodward of Cheltenham. Kevin.Brown@imperial.nhs.uk Comment in J Med Biogr. He died in the Antarctic in March 1912, leaving specimens, diaries and sketchbooks. Autograph letter, signed "Ted" to Ida Elinor Wilson (one of his younger sisters, b.1875), giving advice on the avoidance of anaemia and throwing light on his Christian belief and practice, 6 pages, with envelope inscribed by Ida Wilson "a most precious letter..." but allowing Seaver to use it if wanted, Loscambe Lodge, Stanmore, 20 March 1900; autograph letter, signed "Ted" to Ida, thanking her for flowers sent from Rigi, describing his trip by sea from Le Havre to Trouville " My pride kept me from feeling squeamish even when a woman vomited down wind all over my face and cape. (12.1 x 20.6cm.) £7,000 - £10,000, Description: Edward Adrian Wilson/McMurdo Sound/ inscribed Inaccessible Island and Bergs, McMurdo Sound /watercolour, 13cm x 20.5cm (5.25" x 8.25")Note: believed to have been painted in August 1911, during Scott's fateful Terra Nova expedition to the South Pole /Literature: "Edward Wilson's Antarctic Notebooks", see page 150 for similar image/We thank Dr D M Wilson for his help in cataloguing this … Simply make a request and we will get back to you with a quote within a few hours. Four autograph letters signed ('E.A. Erebus - Aug. 31. (19.6 x 25.4cm.) All Rights Reserved. Collection of autograph letters addressed either to Ted Wilson’s father or mother, regarding their son: Doctor at Davos to Dr. Wilson, 5 pages on Ted’s health, 26 Mar. "Discovery" Expedition, Farthest South ever reached, Dec.29, 1902 signed and dated 'Edward A.Wilson - 1905' (lower left) watercolour 71/2 x 103/4in. (G. Seaver, Edward Wilson of the Antarctic, London, 1933, pp.80-81.) Author information: (1)Alexander Fleming Laboratory Museum, St Mary’s Hospital, Praed Street, London W2 1NY, UK. (17.5 x 25.1cm.). For further information on this lot please visit the Family transcriptions of nine poems relating to the British Antarctic Expedition including his son Ted’s ‘The Barrier Silence’, as well as: ‘To Blossom’ (on the Ice Barrier - Blossom depot Jan I. It was dark when I first saw it, but unmistakable from the mountainous rocky outline darker against a dark sky and then the sun rose and it was a beautiful sight.') 1874 – 25 April 1945) was a British naturalist and humanitarian who received the Commander of the British Empire for her services during the First World War. if (MM_FlashCanPlay) NOTES 'And so that night [19 February 1904], running swiftly through the water with a howling gale behind, we saw the last of the McMurdo Sound. paper, one letter including a sketch of a packing case.Preparations for the scientific department of Scott's Last Expedition. Sign in to view your bids, favorites & more! The artist's market and biography, and their works' prices and indices. Wilson sketched throughout the journey, and in late December had snowblindness and was treating his bloodshot eyes with doses of cocaine: 'Sun 28 Dec.,... My left eye is still quite useless and the sight all blurred, but I got a sketch of the whole grand sight before us with one eye' (E. Wilson, Diary of the Discovery Expedition, London, 1966, p. 229). Feb. 24. To subscribe to or order a Printed Catalogue quote ref: 16919Tel: +44 (0) 1666 502 200 Footnote:Wilson family keepsakes, together with three telegrams. Wilson made numerous sketches of the rookery at Cape Crozier in 1903, including a pencil study of the same scene ('The Great Ice Barrier, a view looking East from Cape Corzier'), and variants now in the collection of the Scott Polar Research Institute, cambridge. Antarctic Landscape Giclee Print by Edward Adrian Wilson. Start browsing our most popular paintings: Lunar Corona, Cape Evans, McMurdo Sound at Cape Evans, Men Carrying Tea Bricks for Tibet, 30th July 1908, An Iceberg off Cape Evans, 1-11th September, 1911, Sun Halo - a Prismatic Parahelion, 11th September 1902, Erebos and Northern Islets, McMurdo Strait, Antarctica, 1903, Antarctic Sledging, one of Scotts party prepares for a night away from base, 1903, Three men with a Sledge in the Snow, 1910-12, Sledge Hauling on the Great Ice Barrier, 1903, Looking North up McMurdo Strait, Midday, 26th July 1902. The South Polar Times. '99' (lower right), the second inscribed and dated 'Hrla Pass. There are nine of them, all sorts of shapes, of columnar basalt like Giant's Causeway. 1902.' together with six collotypes of Wilson's Antarctic subjects (7), Estimate: Estimate: Description: 1912); ‘The House that Cherry Built’ (the igloo at Cape Crozier); ‘Our Ration’ (Sledging on the Barrier Jan 12. Description: £2,000 - £4,000, Description: Edward Adrian Wilson $$$ (1872 - 1912) Painting - United Kingdom Edward Arthur Wilson $$ (1886 - 1970) Illustrator-marine, graphics - New York, Massachusetts Edward Beale Wilson (1922 - 1995) Mixed-media compositions - Massachusetts In 1913 Wilson was posthumously awarded the Patron's Medal by the Royal Geographical Society for his work in the Antarctic. £3,000 - £5,000, Description: (25.4 x 33cm.) Further letters concern books to be taken, and microscopes ('As yet I have had no list of your wants at all, but I know it must be particularly difficult for you') and the possiblity of a grant from a Canadian institution in return for collecting Antarctic geological samples. A fine letter, full of the optimism of unfulfilled hopes: the Cape Crozier trip was to turn into the nightmare journey described by Cherry Garrard as 'the worst journey in the world'; and March 1912 was to bring only Evans' and Scott's deaths. 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