Slide set: Nansen's Polar expedition (lecture: Newton & Co., 52 slides, 1897)
Newton & Co., England
in stock of Newton & Co., 1897-1948 (item ref. OH)
in stock of Riley Brothers, 1897-1914 (item ref. 985)
in stock of Josiah T. Chapman, 1909-1912 (item ref. 210)
in stock of Walter Tyler, 1909 (item ref. 1278)
in stock of J.W. Butcher, 1913
Nansen's Polar expedition (London: Newton & Co., 1897)
continued by Nansen's Polar expedition: supplemental slides (lecture: Newton & Co., 51 slides, 1897)
NANSEN, Dr Fridtjof (1861-1930) – photographer, slide 3
JACKSON, Frederick (1860-1938) – slides 47, 51
NANSEN, Dr Fridtjof (1861-1930) – slides 1, 47, 49
SCOTT-HANSEN, Sigurd (1868-1937) – slide 3
The 1905 Riley catalogue refers to a Times review of these slides from 9 February 1897 – this Times piece is an account of a lecture by Nansen at the Royal Albert Hall (for the Royal Geographical Society), using his own photographic slides which were later published commercially. Newton obtained the sole right to publish Nansen's photos as lantern slides - see OMLJ 8.95.xx.
34 slides in Manchester Geographical Society Collection
34 slides in Manchester Museum Collection
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