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ANTIQUE: CIRCA 1914. ORIGINAL OIL PAINTING BY W.F.P.BURTON (1886-1971) BURTON FOUNDED THE CONGO EVANGELICAL MISSION IN 1914 AND WORKED AT MWANZA IN S.EASTERN ZAIRE UNTIL THE OUTBREAK OF CIVIL WAR IN 1940. HE IS HIGHLY RESPECTED FOR HIS BOOKS & COLLECTIONS OF THE AFRICAN CULTURE AND MOST OF HIS WORKS ARE INCLUDED IN THE WITS MUSEUM (OF THE THEN BELGIAN CONGO) THIS IS AN OIL PAINTING ON MASONITE, FRAMED IN A NARROW WOODEN FRAME.
THE ARTIST HAS CAPTURED THE WILD AFRICAN BUSH LIFE IN THIS RATHER PLAYFUL SCENE OF ELEPHANTS BATHING WITH THEIR YOUNG. SIZE: 47CM X 33CM (TOTAL SIZE INCLUDING NARROW WOOD FRAME OF 2CM IN WIDTH)
