Title: Herbert Ponting lecturing on Japan. October 16th 1911
Reference: P2005/5/543
Reference: P2005/5/543
Title: Herbert Ponting lecturing on Japan. October 16th 1911
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: Mr H.G. Ponting [Lec]turing on Japan at Winterquarters Hut.;Hand written on top of envelope: 354 B;Box 11: Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 345 – 376. Hand written in ink above Popperfoto label: Antarctic 301. Width 8 inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: In the interior of the hut, Ponting stands at a projector mounted on a tripod. Expedition members sit in chairs in rows in front of a screen, on which there is a projected picture of a japanese lady playing a musical instrument.