Frank Hurley-The End 1915. Important original photograph take during the Shackleton expedition. Signed lower right. 
Silver gelatin print on original backing. Considered Hurley's best known and most widely published. Illustrated; D.P. Miller From Snowdrift to Shellfire, Sydney, 1984,p.39. Illustrated South With Endurance; Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition (1914-17), The Photographs of Frank Hurley, Victoria, 2001, p 167.
Frank Hurley (1885-1962) began his long and extensive career as a professional photojournalist working for Cave & Co from 1905-1910 during the postcard boom.
During 1914-15 Hurley joined the Imperial Trans-Atlantic expedition led by Sir Ernst Shackleton and recorded the Antarctic life of the party while the "Endurance" lay trapped in pack ice in the South Atlantic and was finally crushed and sunk. Print size, 14-5/8" x 10-7/8". Framed size 24-1/2" x 20-1/2".
 Purchased from Josef Lebovic Gallery, Australia in 2004. See attached documentation. Photography, vintage photograph

Excellent original condition with no apparent repair. Examined out of the frame. See attached report. Condition reports are our opinion and not a guarantee