Rock-paintings in South Africa: from parts of the Eastern Province and Orange Free State
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Title
Rock-paintings in South Africa: from parts of the Eastern Province and Orange Free State
Collection
Publications and reports
Medium
Ink on paper
Date
c. 1930
Description
The front cover page of a printed A5 promotional flyer (D3.2.2.3) on lustre paper.
Notes
The front cover of Methuen & Co. Ltd.'s flyer promoting George William Stow's posthumous 'Rock-painting in South Africa...' (1930). The book showcases Stow's rock art copies from sites in the Eastern Province and Orange Free State with an introduction and descriptive notes by Dorothea Bleek. The publication, limited to 500 copies, includes 72 plates (reproduced from coloured collotype plates [6' x 9¼']) and a map. D3.2.2.1 to D3.2.2.5 are identical, with no contemporaneous inscriptions.
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