WORK IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AND DEPENDENCIES BY THE ARTIST WILLIAM CUTHBERTSON DURING THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1902–1904

Stone, Phil. 2025 WORK IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS AND DEPENDENCIES BY THE ARTIST WILLIAM CUTHBERTSON DURING THE SCOTTISH NATIONAL ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION, 1902–1904. The Falkland Islands Journal, 12 (4). 50-62.

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Abstract/Summary

The ‘heroic era’ Antarctic expeditions led by the likes of Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton at the beginning of the 20th century commonly included a competent artist in the team. Black and white photography was well advanced by then, epitomised by the Antarctic work of Herbert Ponting with Scott and Frank Hurley with Shackleton, but colour photography was still in its infancy and not readily available. It was the artists’ job to fill that gap in the expedition’s records, painting in colour both Antarctic landscapes and the fine detail of zoological specimens before they suffered post-mortem fading or discolouration. Of course, the artists’ sketch books were also filled with more informal pencil or pen-and-ink drawings of their surroundings. Famous from that period are the artworks by Edward Wilson (1872–1912), who accompanied both Scott’s Discovery and Terra Nova expeditions (and died with Scott on the fatal retreat from the South Pole) and George Marston (1882–1940), who took part in Shackleton’s Nimrod and Endurance expeditions. The Scottish National Antarctic (Scotia) Expedition (SNAE), led by William Speirs Bruce (1867–1921) was no exception and included an artist amongst its scientific staff, William Alexander Cuthbertson (1882–1968).

Item Type:	Publication - Article
Date made live:	08 Oct 2025 13:37 +0 (UTC)
URI:	https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/540364

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