Title: Capt Scott’s birthday dinner. June 6th 1911
Reference: P2005/5/438
Reference: P2005/5/438
Title: Capt Scott’s birthday dinner. June 6th 1911
Description: glass plate negative;None;Hand written on top of envelope: Similar to, but Not 293. Popperfoto stamp: Scanned V.I. Hand written in pencil on reverse: 1/1/pl Normal. 7.11. 4 secs shading back top & sides, up to 30 letting in table.;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. On the table stand bottles, glasses and bowls of food. Pictures hang on the walls of the hut, equipment and clothing hangs from the ceiling and from hooks on the walls.