1949.7

Antarctic Love-Birds

Dr Edward Adrian Wilson (artist), Denis Lillie (cartoonist), Denis Lillie (marine biologist)

Watercolour picture, with pencil and ink, in the form of a cartoon showing Henry Pennell (commander of the Terra Nova) and Edward Atkinson (ship's surgeon). They are dressed in their naval uniform but shown as birds on a tree branch: Possibly by Dr Edward Adrian Wilson, 1910 - 1912, but more likely the cartoonist Denis Lillie

Antarctica, Terra Nova

1910 - 1912

Early 20th century

British 19th/20th cent.

pencil, watercolour, paper

drawn, painted

Cock-a doodle-do / Water Ship / Stop Engines / lower skiff / times please / Out trawl. / look out for a steady / Hard-a-Starboard[L] Harry Pennell [R] E.L. Atkinson.ANTARCTIC / LOVE-BIRDS. / (Penelopatchicus antarctica) / B.A.E. Collection.