SPEC.PA.56.0236
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Collection
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1966, 1984
The Paul and Ruth Siple Family Artwork Collections contains two pieces of artwork, one oil painting and one elongated photograph. The oil painting depicts an Antarctic landscape and was painted by Nel Law, the wife of a family friend of the Siples that resided in Canberra, Australia. Siple was a scientific attaché in Canberra, along with the family friend that was also an Antarctic researcher. The photograph is of the Scott Memorial Cross located on Ross Island, shot by American photographer Stuart Klipper. The painting is dated 1966 and the photograph is dated 1984.