Title: Capt Scott’s birthday dinner. June 6th 1911
Reference: P2005/5/437
Reference: P2005/5/437
Title: Capt Scott’s birthday dinner. June 6th 1911
Description: glass plate negative;Hand written by Ponting: [June] 6.1911. [Capt] Scott’s birthday dinner. Hand written in pencil: Contrasty print needed.;Hand written on top of envelope: 293. Popperfoto stamp: Scanned V.I. Hand written in pencil on reverse: 10×8 soft. 7.11. 3 secs with shading top.;Box 9: Part of a worn label on outside front edge of lid: No 470A – 564. Hand written inscription in ink, inside lid: Mr. H.G. Ponting, 47 Oxford Mansion, Oxford Circus. Popperfoto label on outside of box: H. Ponting. Captain Scott’s Antarctic Expedition 1911-1912. 254 – 287. Width 8inches, height 7 inches, depth 6 inches. Scratched.
Collection: British Antarctic Expedition 1910-13 (Ponting Collection)
Summary text: In the interior of the hut, Scott sits at the head of the table, other expedition members sit down each side of the table eating from plates. A further two expedition members stand, one each side. On the table stand bottles, glasses and bowls of food. Pennants hang from the ceiling.