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| Accession no.: |
M: 2011/2 |
| Object name: |
Cotton case |
| Title: |
Cotton case |
| Description: |
A cotton case, perhaps a book jacket or album cover, made by Dorothy Irving Bell to commemorate the members of the Polar Party of the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Terra Nova). |
| Artist: |
Irving-Bell, Dorothy |
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| SPRI theme |
memorabilia and souvenirs
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| Current place name |
Antarctic regions > Ross Dependency
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| UDC |
92(093.5)
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| Geographic UDC |
(*76)
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| Getty AAT |
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| Number of items: |
1 |
| Full description: |
A cotton book jacket. It is made of two pieces of cloth stitched together, with the short edges folded over and stitched to form flaps. The front is decorated with a hand-painted art nouveau-style design of daffodils in green and yellow, a central box containing the text 'ENGLISHMEN CAN ENDURE HARDSHIP, AND MEET DEATH WITH AS GREAT A FORTITUDE AS EVER IN THE PAST.', five scrolls bearing the names of the members of the polar party, and the crest from the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Terra Nova).
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| Dimensions: |
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Height: 448mm, length: 625mm
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| Associated expedition(s): |
- : British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Terra Nova) (1910 - 1913)
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Scott Polar Research Institute
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