European & British Art

European & British Art

View full screen - View 1 of Lot 26. 'A Very Gallant Gentleman' (Captain L.E.G. Oates walking out to his death in the blizzard, on Captain Scott's return journey from the South Pole, March 1912).

Property from a British Private Collection

John Charles Dollman

'A Very Gallant Gentleman' (Captain L.E.G. Oates walking out to his death in the blizzard, on Captain Scott's return journey from the South Pole, March 1912)

Lot Closed

December 14, 03:25 PM GMT

Estimate

20,000 - 30,000 GBP

Lot Details

Description

Property from a British Private Collection

John Charles Dollman

British

1851 - 1934

'A Very Gallant Gentleman' (Captain L.E.G. Oates walking out to his death in the blizzard, on Captain Scott's return journey from the South Pole, March 1912)


signed J.C. Dollman lower right

oil on canvas

Unframed: 77 by 57cm., 30¼ by 22½in.

Framed: 89.2 by 69cm., 35 by 27in.

Private collection, UK
Sale: Christie's, London, 30 October 2014, lot 63
Purchased at the above sale by the uncle of the present owner
Cambridge, Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge (on loan)