Ernest Shackleton, British explorer, Antarctica Size:S: 60 x 45cm These properties were affected by

These properties were affected by the construction of Holborn Viaduct in the 1860s

Original is oil on canvas 71x81

Inscribed in pencil lower left '1812' and lower right '2/-'

showing the position of the telescope when a man enters the tube to fix the small speculum and remove the cover of the large mirror

'Cardinal Wiseman's Lambs'

Ernest Shackleton, British explorer, Antarctica Size:S: 60 x 45cm These properties were affected byErnest Shackleton, British explorer, Antarctica, 1909. Shackleton (1874 1922) during his expedition of 1908 1909 on board the 'Nimrod'. He made three expeditions to the Antarctic, but is best known for the 'Endurance' expedition of 1914 1916 when the ship became trapped in the ice and Shackleton and five colleagues made an epic journey to South Georgia to seek rescue. A print from L'Illustration, 2 October 1909.