Ernest Shackleton, British explorer, Antarctica Size:S: 60 x 45cm horses and cart on left

horses and cart on left

Inscribed in pencil lower left '1812' and lower right '2/-'

Open-top Bugatti with spare tyre strapped on and crank handle attached

Original is oil on canvas 71x81

Depicts pupils playing in the forecourt

Ernest Shackleton, British explorer, Antarctica Size:S: 60 x 45cm horses and cart on leftErnest Shackleton, British explorer, Antarctica, 1909. Shackleton (1874 1922) during his expedition of 1908 1909 on board the 'Nimrod'. He made three expeditions to the Antarctic, but is best known for the 'Endurance' expedition of 1914 1916 when the ship became trapped in the ice and Shackleton and five colleagues made an epic journey to South Georgia to seek rescue. A print from L'Illustration, 2 October 1909.