Object number
1949.6
Title
The Crow's Nest
Creator
Description
Mounted drawing, pencil with crayon and watercolour, in the form of a cartoon depicting a man (Lieutenant Harry Pennell) with large nose, facing left, in barrel attached to ship's mast; his words (giving orders) in speech balloon. Ascribed to Dr Edward Adrian Wilson but more likely by the cartoonist and marine biologist Denis Lillie.
Production place
Antarctica
Date
1910 - 1912
School/style
British 19th/20th cent.
Object name
Material
Technique
Dimensions
- h: drawing/paper290mm
- w: drawing/paper228mm
- h: frame/mount560mm
- w: frame/mount406mm
- h: notepaper121mm
- w: notepaper125mm
- h: printed paper50mm
- w: printed paper86mm
Inscription
"The Crow's nest"Midships the helm -- / stop engines -- / times please Frankie -- / ask Parry to stand / by the sounding machine / lower away skiff / out trawl1949:6 / Harry Pennell, second son of / Lt. Col. Pennell of Forthampton, / Tewkesbury, Glos: later of Blue Hayes / Nr Exeter, Devon. / Born Dec 24. 1884. One of the / last of the "Britannia boys" / Navigator of the Terra Nova on / the 1910-1913 Antarctic Expedition. / On board and died when the / Queen Mary was sunk at the / battle of Jutland, 1915.TELEPHONE / 215 / ... TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE EARL OF RANFURLY / & SON / (FROM LONDON) / .... [4 capital letters]
