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R. L. Esson & Co Ltd. Calendar

Item date(s): 1948

Walter Whall Battiss (1906-1982) - (drawings by)

Pages: 12pp
Size: 485mm
Binding: Top metal strip binding
Language: English
Inscription: Signed by the artist

Place publication: Johannesburg, RSA
Publisher: R. L. Esson & Co Ltd

Additional notes:
A page-a-month commercial calendar for 1948 with twelve drawings of rock paintings, otherwise unrecorded.

January. Elephants on the Move

February. Prehistoric Hunters

March. Eland in Repose

April. Ready for the Kill

May. Charging Rhino

June. Fishing Scene

July. Pair of Ostriches

August. Three Bantu Warriors

September. Kameeldoring

October. The Pursuit

November. Wildebeest

December. Two Rare Figures

There is a note on each page "See last leaf for notes on Prehistoric Art" which is unfortunately missing.

Ref: GB/30373