Sujet

Terra Nova figure head, 1884. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Figure head of the British Antarctic Expedition ship Terra Nova, in which Captain Scott sailed from the port of Cardiff, 15 June 1910. The figurehead was presented to Cardiff Corporation by Frederick Charles Bowring, Esq. J.P., of Liverpool (the commemorative plaque bearing the date 8th December 1913). It stood for many years in the city's Roath Park and was then presented to the National Museum of Wales by Cardiff City Council in 1932. In 1912, Captain Scott and his four companions, Wilson, Bowers, Oates and Evans, died on their way back from the South Pole. Although nearly thirty years old at the time of Captain Scott's expedition, the Terra Nova was chosen for it because of her suitability for work in the Antarctic ice. Her beams were fourteen ins thick, her bows were nine feet of solid wood, and her stem was sheathed with iron plating.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/National Museum of Wales

Notre référence

HRM25A55_391

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

45,2Mo (3,1Mo) / 27,0cm x 42,0cm / 3184 x 4960 (300dpi)

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