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The Midwinters Day Feast, June 1908, (1909)

The Midwinter's Day Feast, June 1908, (1909). The midwinter feast at the Nimrod Hut, Cape Royds. Ernest Shackleton is at the head of the table. On the left side are Armytage, Brocklehurst, Marston, Day, Adams and Marshall; on the right, Roberts, Mackay, Murray, Wild, Joyce, Mawson. Anglo-Irish explorer Ernest Shackleton (1874-1922) made three expeditions to the Antarctic. During the second expedition, 1907-1909, he and three companions established a new record, Farthest South latitude at 88°S, only 97 geographical miles (112 statute miles, or 180 km) from the South Pole, the largest advance to the pole in exploration history. Members of his team also climbed Mount Erebus, the most active volcano in the Antarctic. Shackleton was knighted by King Edward VII for these achievements. He died during his third and last oceanographic and sub-antarctic expedition, aged 47. Illustration from The Heart of the Antarctic, Vol. I, by E. H. Shackleton, C.V.O. [William Heinemann, London, 1909]

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Portrait of Andrea Palladio in half-length within an oval frame; a compass

Portrait of Andrea Palladio in half-length within an oval frame; a compass, carpenter's square, and plumb line rest on the plinth below the oval, from an unidentified edition of Architecture de Palladio, revised by Giacomo Leoni and translated by Nicholas du Bois, 1716. After Paolo Veronese

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The Great Subscription Room at Brookss, St. Jamess Street, London, 1808, (1947)

The Great Subscription Room at Brooks's, St. James's Street, London, 1808, (1947). Interior of Brooks's gentlemen's club showing the segmental barrel vault ceiling. Gambling is in progress, with members playing roulette and games of cards. The club dates back to the 18th century. From "The Microcosm of London". [Rudolph Ackermann, London, 1808]. Published in "British Clubs", by Bernard Darwin. [Collins, London, 1947]

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