M0000977: Rough sketch made of the grave of Scott, Wilson, and Bowers, on display

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Rough sketch made at the grave of Scott, Wilson, and Bowers.

Photograph of a sketch of the grave of Robert Falcon Scott (1868-1912), Edward Wilson (1872-1912) and Henry Robertson Bowers (1883-1912) created by the remaining members of the Terra Nova Expedition party in November 1912. The sketch is dated 16 November 1912 and is mounted on a display board and was exhibited by the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum. The item was part of a polar exhibition held in the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum's central hall in July 1930.

06 August 1930

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.