Museum catalogue: Polar Art Collection

Penguin sketches


Accession no.:	Y: 2008/4
Title:	Penguin sketches
Description:	Framed pencil and ink sketches of Adelie penguins signed by Apsley Cherry-Garrard, 1912. The upper of the two sketches is in pencil and shows three penguins, one labelled 'Ecstacy' and another 'A fight'. The lower pen and ink drawing is entitled 'Robbery Cape Royds. Dec. 21. 1912'.
Medium:	Sketch
Artist:	Cherry-Garrard, Apsley
Note:	Paper label affixed to back of frame reads: 'These two signed sketches were given to my mother by the artist, author of The Worst Journey in the World [Scott's Antarctic Expedition, 1910-13] ... As the sketches were specifically given to her - [confirmed by a letter from Cherry-Garrard with her papers] - I have felt justified in keeping them, and I have had them framed. The habits of the Adelie penguiin are described on pp. 624-5 of the book mentioned above, including "robbery" depicted in the lower sketch. Cape Royds, where the sketches were made, is shewn, with Shackelton's [sic] hut, on a map on p.239'. Note the mis-spelling of 'ecstasy' in the top sketch. J.M. Graham, 11th August 1979.
Dimensions:	Image: Width: 210mm; height: 120mm Frame: Width: 300mm; height: 380mm