1920 Pen and Ink Drawing of Ernest Shackleton's 'Nimrod'

Title - The 'Nimrod' steaming along Ice Barrier
 
Date - 1920
 
Medium - Pen and Ink Drawing on paper
 
Signed - with 'A.C.' Monogram
 
Picture size - 14.5cm x 11cm / 5.75" x 4.5"
 
Outside frame size - 33.5cm x 28.5cm / 13.25" x 12.25"
 
Condition - Excellent
 
Frame - Antique Victorian / Edwardian oak picture frame with period glass
 
A beautifully executed Pen and Ink drawing of Ernest Shackleton's famous 'Nimrod' during her Antarctic adventure to conquer the South Pole.
The British Antarctic Expedition of 1907-09 was the first of Shackleton's three expeditions to the Antarctic . He had been to the Continent with Captain Scott on the earlier 'Discovery' Expedition of 1901-04 but this was his first Polar voyage in charge on board the 'Nimrod'.
Shackleton got within 97.5 miles of the Pole.