The Discovery at Falmouth 1927

Watercolour, of ‘The Discovery at Falmouth’ depicted by Henry Scott Tuke at an important point in the ship's history; her return from the Antarctic after the Discovery Oceanographic Expedition of 1925-27.The first maritime research undertaken to explore the natural habitat of the whale, their migration patterns and numbers. The owner of the work gave his permission for it to be reproduced as an illustration in the definitive book on the ship’s history ‘The Voyages of the Discovery’ by Ann Savours. The picture was mounted and glazed. It was kept in the office of Sir Alister Hardy (zoologist during the Oceanographic Expeditions).