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Description: | IH CRE CURSITER, Stanley, Sir; (Scottish; 1887-1976) NFA assisted purchase. Cursiter's early work was influenced by the 'Celtic Revival' and showed a preference for mythical subjects set in the grey skies and rockbound shores of his native Orkney. This bold and ambitious print illustrates a scene from the prose Edda. Gefjun was promised as much land as she could plough by the king of Sweden. With the help of her monstrous oxen she ploughed up a huge piece of land which she removed to Denmark.
An oil titled "Gefjun's Ploughing" was exhibited at the RSA 1911 no. 228 | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | AGRICULTURE : ILLUSTRATION : PLOUGH : GEFJUN : OX : CELTIC LITTERATURE : WOMAN : MYTHOLOGY : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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