EDWARD ADRIAN WILSON (1872-1912)
Mount Erebus (3, 794 m - 12, 448ft)
Antarctica
In Mt Erebus - Aug. 17. 1911 - Noon.' on the mount, Watercolour on paper, 13.1 x 21.1cm,
Private collection (via Christie's)
About this watercolour
'The Summit of Mount Erebus' taken in August 1911, facing p.150.
Very similkar to Mount Erebus 1911, watercolour, Museum- Royal Geographical Society,
Notes :
"Thursday, August 17. - The weather has been extremely kind to us of late; we haven't a single grumble against it. Th temperature hovers pretty constantly at about -35°, there is very little wind and the sky is clear and bright. In such weather one sees well for more than three hours before and after noon, the landscape unfolds itself, and the sky colours are always delicate and beautiful. At noon today there was bright sunlight on the tops of the Western Peaks and on the summit and steam of Erebus -- of late the vapour cloud of Erebus has been exceptionally heavy and fantastic in form."
About Mount Erebus
About the artist
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