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Herbert G. Ponting
Mount Erebus In Eruptioncirca 1911, printed circa 1911

Not on view
Sepia-toned photograph of a broad volcanic mountain with a wide plume of smoke or steam billowing from its summit against a pale sky

Herbert G. Ponting, Mount Erebus In Eruption, circa 1911, printed circa 1911, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Herbert G. Ponting
Title
Mount Erebus In Eruption
Place Made
Antarctica
Date Made
circa 1911, printed circa 1911
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Dimensions
Image: 4 1/2 × 6 3/8 in. (11.43 × 16.19 cm) Primary support: 4 1/2 × 6 3/8 in. (11.43 × 16.19 cm)
Credit Line
The Marjorie and Leonard Vernon Collection, gift of The Annenberg Foundation, acquired from Carol Vernon and Robert Turbin
Accession Number
M.2008.40.1590
Classification
Photographs
Collecting Area
Photography