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The Aurora during the winter of 1915

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Accession no.: Y: 62/5
Title: The Aurora during the winter of 1915
Description: Oil painting by Charles Mauger showing Aurora during drift in Ross Sea pack ice after having landed members of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party in 1915 at Cape Evans.
Medium: Oil painting
Artist: Mauger, C.C.
Note: Note, on reverse: 'Painted from memory by C.C. Mauger, Carpenter, Aurora, 1914-16'.
Dimensions: Image:
  • Width: 440mm; height: 532mm