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Elephant Island

Accession no.:	Y: 77/5/10
Object name:	Watercolour
Title:	Elephant Island
Description:	One of thirteen watercolours by W.E. How, A.B. on Shackleton's Endurance, 1914-16, and presented by him to Alfred Stephenson.
Medium:	Watercolour
Artist:	How, W.E.
Note:	Text, on reverse: '22 men lived and existed under the most appalling conditions beneath the two upturned boats for four and a half months, whilst Shackleton and five companions sailed off in the James Caird to obtain relief from South Georgia. But eventually rescued and landed in Puenta Arenas, Chile'.
Dimensions:	Width: 175mm, height: 250mm