[]
Your ongoing selection
Asset(s) Assets
Your quote 0

Your selection

Clear selection
{"event":"pageview","page_type1":"catalog","page_type2":"image_page","language":"en","user_logged":"false","user_type":"ecommerce","nl_subscriber":"false"}
{"event":"ecommerce_event","event_name":"view_item","event_category":"browse_catalog","ecommerce":{"items":[{"item_id":"BL5933667","item_brand":"other","item_category":"illustration","item_category2":"out_of_copyright","item_category3":"standard","item_category4":"scott_robert_falcon_1868_1912","item_category5":"not_balown","item_list_name":"search_results","item_name":"add_ms_51035_f_39r_for_god_s_sake_look_after_our_people_scott_s_last_entry_before_he_died_captain_sc","item_variant":"undefined"}]}}
Metadata Block (Hidden)

Contact us for further help

High res file dimension

Search for more high res images or videos

Add MS 51035, f.39r, "For God's sake look after our people", Scott's last entry before...

IMAGE number
BL5933667
Image title
Add MS 51035, f.39r, "For God's sake look after our people", Scott's last entry before he died, Captain Scott's Diaries, Vol III, 1912 (pencil on paper)
Artist
Scott, Robert Falcon (1868-1912) / English
Location
British Library, London, UK
Medium
pencil on paper
Image description

"…we shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker, of course, and the end cannot be far. It seems a pity but I do not think I can write more. R. Scott. Last entry. For God's sake look after our people." Full title: SCOTT DIARIES. Vol. XII (ff. vi+42). Sledging diary ('Vol. III'); 18 Feb.-29 Mar. 1912. Add MS 51035. Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912) and his four companions reached the South Pole on 17 January 1912, just one month after their rival Norwegian party, led by Roald Amundsen. Realising that they had been beaten they attempted to make it back to their supply base but the journey was dogged by misfortune and all the men died. Edgar Evans suffered a fatal concussion in February, and in March Scott’s diary records the heroic end of Captain Lawrence 'Titus' Oates who, stricken with frostbite, walked out from the camp to his death, with the words, 'I may be some time'. Scott and his two remaining companions were caught in a blizzard and perished only 11 miles from the next supply depot. In his last diary entry he recognises that there is no hope of survival. He writes letters to his family and friends but, perhaps most famously, his final sentence, ‘for God’s sake look after our people’ was reiterated in his last message to the nation.

Photo credit
From the British Library archive / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords
book / captain scott / robert falcon scott / expedition / diary / entry / journey / south pole / march 29th / 29th march / 1912 / exploration / explorer / explorers / pencil / diaries / handwriting / handwritten / dying / last entry / final entry / signed / signature / Drawing / Mzdrawing
Leave the work to our dedicated Account Managers
License details
Your details
*
*
*
*
*
Asset - General information
Copyright status
No Additional Copyright
Permissions
More info
Permission required for non-editorial use (inc book and magazine covers). Please contact us
Largest available format 4192 × 6612 px 25 MB
Dimension [pixels] Dimension in 300dpi [mm] File size [MB]
Large 4192 × 6612 px 355 × 560 mm 24.5 MB
Medium 649 × 1024 px 55 × 87 mm 691 KB

Similar Images