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EXCEPTIONAL ARCHIVE OF 415 PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES - 1948-1950

1948new11 POLAR EXPEDITIONS COMMANDANT CHARCOT 19481950 ANTARCTICA ADÉLIE LAND PAUL-ÉMILE VICTOR EXCEPTIONAL ARCHIVE OF 415 PHOTOGRAPHIC NEGATIVES Albums of Negatives Commandant Charcot France Atlantic Oceania Antarctica 19481950.Five albums and one binder containing 415 photographic negatives.Comprising:<ul><li>3 albums 15 x 8.5 cm faux-leather covers with snap closures index pages negatives 6.5 x 11 cm; 5 x 9 cm stored in glassine sleeves.</li><li>2 albums 15.5 x 10.5 cm cardboard covers negatives 6.5 x 11 cm in tied glassine envelopes with annotations in black pencil.</li><li>1 binder 27 x 15.5 cm oblong format cardboard covers index sheets pasted inside rear board negative strips 18.8 x 3.5 cm some cut stored in three rows of stapled oblong glassine envelopes.</li></ul>The albums and binder show signs of wear. With the exception of a very few fogged images the negatives are in excellent condition.An exceptional ensemble of five albums and one binder comprising 415 photographic negatives including 32 strips documenting the first two expeditions of the vessel Commandant Charcot to Adélie Land in Antarctica 19481950.These unofficial photographs come from the private collection of one of the expedition members clearly taken as personal keepsakessome are even intermingled with unrelated family or holiday shots.Adélie Land is a coastal region of Antarctica discovered in 1840 by naval officer Jules Dumont d'Urville who named it after his wife. Claimed by France but neglected for over a century this 432000 km² territory only regained strategic interest in the aftermath of WWII and renewed geopolitical rivalries.In 1946 three young mountaineersJ.A. Martin Robert Pommier and Yves Valletteconcerned by Norway's claims to Adélie Land sought to land there to reaffirm French sovereignty. They turned to their illustrious elder explorer and scientist Paul-Émile Victor 19071995 already famed for his Greenland expeditions. To this end the Expéditions Polaires Françaises Missions Paul-Émile Victor EPF was founded in 1947 to organize new scientific ventures in Greenland and Adélie Land.Although Paul-Émile Victor did not personally participate he coordinated the mission which combined territorial reassertion with scientific research including the establishment of a permanent base. In 1948 the French Navy acquired an American warship refitted at Saint-Malo and renamed it Commandant Charcot in honor of polar explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot 18671936.The ship sailed on 26 November 1948 carrying 62 crew members including expedition leader André-Franck Liotard Commander Max Douguet and twelve scientists among them Martin Pommier and Vallette. After stops in Casablanca Durban and Hobart the Commandant Charcot attempted to reach Adélie Land but heavy pack ice in February 1949 forced it to turn back only 35 miles from the coast. The ship returned to Brest in June.A second expedition departed in September 1949 with nearly the same crew and an onboard seaplane. During the voyage J.A. Martin died suddenly of an aneurysm; his body was laid to rest in Cape Town. The ship reached Adélie Land on 20 January 1950 where a basenamed Port-Martin in his memorywas established. The Commandant Charcot departed on 8 February leaving the scientific team to winter over and returned to Brest on 10 June 1950.This remarkable photographic archive documents both expeditions in detail from the ship's refitting at Saint-Malo in 1948 to the historic landing at Adélie Land nearly two years later. The photographs were likely taken by one of the expedition members for personal remembrance. They may be compared with those by Luc-Marie Bayle 19142000 naval painter and future director of the Musée de la Marine who took part in both voyages. Bayle's prints from these expeditions are preserved today in the collections of the Musée National de la Marine and were featured in the 2008 exhibition De Brest en Terre Adélie.Bayle also published a humorous illustrated account of these expeditions: Le Voyage de la Nouvelle Incomprise Paris Ozanne 1953 and produced two documentary films on his journeys to Adélie Land.Selected Bibliography:<ul><li>Bayle L.-M. Le Voyage de la Nouvelle Incomprise Paris Ozanne 1953.</li><li>Bayle L.-M. Dubard P. Le Charcot et la terre Adélie Paris France-Empire 1951.</li><li>Douguet G. Cap sur la terre Adélie. Premières expéditions polaires françaises 19481951 Brest Le Télégramme 2007.</li><li>Liotard A.-F. Pommier R. Terre Adélie Paris Arthaud 1952.</li><li>Tabuteau M. "La 'Saga' antarctique et la terre Adélie. II Expéditions françaises actuelles" L'Information géographique vol. 15 no. 3 1951 pp. 104109.</li></ul>InventoryAlbum titled "Charcot A. Nos. 1133. From St. Malo. First Campaign": 126 negatives format 6 ½ x 11 cm.<ul><li>Negs. 110 11 negatives two housed in the same sleeve: Reinforcement work on the hull of the Commandant Charcotthen named L'Atiette see no. 1in the port of Saint-Malo JuneAugust 1948.</li><li>Nos. 1128: Taken in the port of Brest in the Pontaniou dry docks where equipment and thirty sled dogs were loaded see nos. 2627.</li><li>Nos. 2934: Probably at Casablanca where the vessel stopped Dec. 13 as suggested by faint pencil annotations on some sleeves. Includes a fine photograph of crew members at rest no. 33.</li><li>Nos. 3537: Construction of a structure on deck around Dec. 4.</li><li>Nos. 3842: Sled dogs on board at sea around Dec. 8.</li><li>Nos. 4347: Portraits of crewmen. The ship's captain Max Douguet seems recognizable nos. 4647.</li><li>Nos. 4853: Ashore likely Durban South Africa where the ship stopped Dec. 2831 1948. Mainly photographs of the dogs.</li><li>Nos. 55120 sleeve 54 empty: At sea from Durban to Hobart Tasmania. Daily life onboard: a man napping no. 55 a sailor cutting another's hair no. 79 others building what seems to be a shelter for the dogs nos. 8083 possibly André Paget construction officer no. 83. Many images devoted to the dogs. No. 59 captures dolphins swimming alongside the ship. Also views of the sea small boats and a sail hoisted no. 119.</li><li>Nos. 121125: Portraits of crew members.</li><li>Nos. 126127: Ashore likely Hobart. Group portraits of sailors posing with a bachi hat inscribed "Commandant Charcot."</li><li>No. 128: Monument to world expeditions.</li><li>Nos. 129133: In polar seas. First photographs of pack ice.</li></ul>Album titled "Charcot B. 134250": 101 negatives format 6 ½ x 11 cm.<ul><li>Nos. 134167: Series documenting the failed attempt to cross the pack ice toward Adélie Land before returning to Franceor possibly from the second voyage. Photographs include Adélie penguins 134135; 137 seals no. 144 pack ice and icebergs frost on the ship 149155.</li><li>Nos. 168174: Seal hunt. Images close to those in Luc-Marie Bayle's documentary Le Commandant Charcot dans l'Antarctique 1950. Seals shot and hoisted aboard by pulley to feed both dogs and men. Negatives show sailors reaching the ice by boat and hauling carcasses.</li><li>Nos. 175189: Views of pack ice icebergs and a group of penguins no. 176.</li><li>From sleeve 190 onward: Negatives taken during the second expedition leaving Brest Sept. 1949.<ul><li>Nos. 190193: Coasts of Madeira and Tenerife.</li><li>Nos. 194195: Views of the seaplane carried on the second voyage.</li><li>Nos. 196204: Views of the ship's bow and distant coast likely St. Helena.</li><li>Nos. 205216: Ashore at Cape Town from Oct. 22. No. 210 shows the Waverley Hotel built 1897 Sea Point and a Forsdick Motors building. Cape Town is where J.A. Martin who died onboard Oct. 20 was buried. Expedition leader André-Franck Liotard appears in nos. 207208. Other photographs from the port where the ship was docked.</li><li>Nos. 217241: At sea. Sailors working on deck 221222 or observing rough seas 227229; multiple images of the Commandant Charcot from port and starboard 237241 and from the crow's nest 218; 236.</li></ul></li></ul>Album titled "K1100 Charcot. 19491950": 96 negatives format 6 ½ x 11 cm.<ul><li>Nos. 138: At sea. Numerous views of icebergs 4; 612; 1516; 3338 and pack ice 18; 2530; photographs of the ice from the crow's nest 2023; 31; seals 19 and penguins 23; sailors at work on deck 3.</li><li>Nos. 3940: Portraits of expedition members including Robert Pommier no. 39 in charge of sled transport atmospheric optics and photography during the wintering. The second negative may include hydrographer François Tabuteau.</li><li>Nos. 4143: Crewman stepping onto the ice roped for safety.</li><li>Nos. 4448: Penguins.</li><li>Nos. 49100: Photographs of icebergs 5051 and pack ice 6276 sometimes with seals 57; 60; 7778 and side views of the ship 49; 5556; 58; 61; 83; 9596. From no. 96 onward the pack is less dense.</li></ul>Album titled "L101L200 Charcot. Airplane. 19491950": 82 negatives format 6 ½ x 11 cm and 7 negatives format 5 x 9 cm.An important album containing photographs taken in Adélie Land and a series shot from the seaplane in flight.<ul><li>Nos. 17 5 x 9 cm: Pack ice views from the seaplane.</li><li>Nos. 101118: Views of the sea and distant pack ice. No. 113 shows crewmen on the bow watching an explosion on the ice in the distance.</li><li>From no. 119 onward: Photographs in Adélie Land during construction of the wintering base. Many negatives show unloading cargo building the camp and erecting the base 119120; 124; 126; 134; 145146; 147; 166168. Nos. 135 and 137 depict a manpossibly meteorologist Henri Boujonposing by the camp; further portraits in 172174. Dogs unloaded onto barges 165. A mast being raised 176. Views of the Commandant Charcot from Adélie Land 121; 143; 164 Adélie coastlines 127129; 138141; 150151 and Adélie penguins 144; 148149; 151; 170; 177. Two men pose with a seal 173.</li><li>Nos. 152160: Views of an islet archipelago numbered 112. May not correspond to the Adélie landing.</li><li>Nos. 178192: Coastlines or glacial islets possibly marking the ship's departure from Adélie Land.</li></ul>Oblong binder: 32 negative strips.The annotated index on the inside back cover indicates by dates and place names that these negatives were taken during the first expedition 19481949. Some entries match visible images in strips 2122 and 2934.<ul><li>Nos. 16: Crew portraits. Captain Max Douguet clearly identifiable strip 2.</li><li>Nos. 911: Expedition dogs.</li><li>Nos. 1213: Albatrosses.</li><li>Nos. 1528: Ashore. Likely Hobart Tasmania where the ship stopped Jan. 25Feb. 5 1949 and again March 20 on the return. Includes a plaque honoring French explorer Antoine Bruny d'Entrecasteaux strip 20 unveiled at Gordon in 1938. Strips 2122 show reproductions of Dumont d'Urville and his ship L'Astrolabe matching the index entry "Hobart reproductions of engravings relating to Dumont d'Urville." Other negatives: country outing with women and children 1719; 2426 a car beach bystanders 15 rocky plain and coast 16 and the Commandant Charcot moored in port 21; 23; 27.</li><li>Nos. 2931: At sea. Albatrosses and heavy seas ship rolling. Likely taken between Fremantle Australia and Aden Yemen late Aprilmid-May 1949.</li><li>Nos. 3234: At sea same route. Mainly group or individual crew portraits including possibly André Breton strip 32 third negative and Paul Tchernia scientific officer in charge of oceanographic research. Strip 34 may show him sampling.</li><li>No. 35: Portraits of a crewman perhaps Lieutenant-Commander Jacques-Gilbert Guillon Douguet's second-in-command.</li></ul>A major photographic record of one of the last great French polar maritime adventures.

Nicolas Malais - Cabinet Chaptal · France12 000,00 $US≈ 10 153,20 €

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