20193 (xi) Artwork

The Parliament Collection:
Landscape with large spider webs on left and ant hill in arch formation on right with horse and rider passing through it. Three figures set the scale of the arch. (Part of a portfolio, see 20193) Spiders and ant's nests in Central South Africa; Three Gigantic Spiders nests, 2 ants nests peculiar to Central South Africa and an ants nest forming a gateway constructed from 2 small trees (the small white ant of S.A.) Sabine Novr , 1866... South of the Zambesi River in Matabeleland... [Original paintings of scenes in Central and South Africa, 1861-1877]