Ernest Shackleton poem, L'Envoi, ca. 1907
British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 - Autograph manuscript signed ('Ernest H. Shackleton') of his poem 'L'Envoi'. This copy undated but c.1907, annotated at foot 'The last Rhyme in the South Polar Times written on the Southern Sledge Journey Dec 1902'....
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ftunivmiami:oai:digitalcollections.library.miami.edu:kis0001/3924 2023-05-15T13:43:29+02:00 Ernest Shackleton poem, L'Envoi, ca. 1907 Shackleton, Ernest Henry, Sir, 1874-1922 1900-1909 Antarctica 1907 Manuscripts (documents); Autograph (manuscripts) 1 sheet http://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kis0001/id/3924 eng eng University of Miami. Library. Special Collections Jay I. Kislak Collection KIS0001 kis0001000063 http://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/cdm/ref/collection/kis0001/id/3924 This material is in the public domain in the United States. For additional information, please visit: https://digitalcollections.library.miami.edu/digital/custom/copyright-guidelines http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/ PDM British National Antarctic Expedition (1901-1904) Antarctica -- Discovery and exploration -- British Shackleton Ernest Henry Sir 1874-1922 Antarctica -- Poetry Text 1907 ftunivmiami 2023-01-16T19:08:07Z British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 - Autograph manuscript signed ('Ernest H. Shackleton') of his poem 'L'Envoi'. This copy undated but c.1907, annotated at foot 'The last Rhyme in the South Polar Times written on the Southern Sledge Journey Dec 1902'. Condition: 1 1/2 pages, 4to, on paper with printed heading of British Antarctic Expedition 1907 (minor foxing, pin holes). Provenance: by descent from Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton to the present owner. Literature: M. and J, Fisher, Shackleton, London, 1957, pp.500-01. Exhibited: Dulwich, Shackleton, the Antarctic and Endurance, Dulwich College, 2000, no.32 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p.70). 'L'Envoi' was, as Shackleton notes here, printed at the end of the last number of the South Polar Times in August 1903, over the signature NEMO, six months after Shackleton himself had controversially been invalided home. With its invocations of 'this weird and wondrous region' dreamt of from amongst 'English meadows 'mid the scent of English flowers', it is one of the texts most profoundly representative of Shackleton's spirit as an explorer. Text Antarc* Antarctic Antarctica University of Miami: Digital Collections Antarctic Shackleton The Antarctic |
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British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901-1904 - Autograph manuscript signed ('Ernest H. Shackleton') of his poem 'L'Envoi'. This copy undated but c.1907, annotated at foot 'The last Rhyme in the South Polar Times written on the Southern Sledge Journey Dec 1902'. Condition: 1 1/2 pages, 4to, on paper with printed heading of British Antarctic Expedition 1907 (minor foxing, pin holes). Provenance: by descent from Sir Ernest Henry Shackleton to the present owner. Literature: M. and J, Fisher, Shackleton, London, 1957, pp.500-01. Exhibited: Dulwich, Shackleton, the Antarctic and Endurance, Dulwich College, 2000, no.32 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p.70). 'L'Envoi' was, as Shackleton notes here, printed at the end of the last number of the South Polar Times in August 1903, over the signature NEMO, six months after Shackleton himself had controversially been invalided home. With its invocations of 'this weird and wondrous region' dreamt of from amongst 'English meadows 'mid the scent of English flowers', it is one of the texts most profoundly representative of Shackleton's spirit as an explorer. |
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