stow_123

stow_123

Digital George Stow

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675mmx1016mm (hxw)

[OS - two joined halves] The painting is roughly divided into two horizontal lines of figures of mixed description: there are eleven figures in the top half and twenty figures in the bottom half: thirty-one figures in all. The figures are clothed in a variety of skins, cloaks or karosses, some appear to be in the form of animals (they have winged arms, horned or eared heads, animal faces etc) and most are patterned with spots and other markings, especially those in the lower half the painting. Some hold sticks and other objects, some have raised arms, one figure lies down, one holds a thong or similar object. There are two animals that resemble antelope, with patterns on their bodies. Zigzags are drawn in between some of the figures (emerging from their bodies) and on the larger of the antelope, as well as in the surrounding spaces. Some sticks or lines fly through the air and a small group of white dots appears in the top right of the painting. Some patterned or plant-like forms also appear. What appears to be a small tortoise appears in the top right segment of the painting. "From precipitous Glen near Bursheba [?] discovered by Mr Chat[?] Sir Orpen O.F.S. Copied by G.W.S."