'Figure du Poission nomme Vletif' Size:XL: 100 x 75cm 10th January 1965

10th January 1965

Interior of the hall

from Temple Church

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill leaving a vabinet meeting at Downing Street

'Figure du Poission nomme Vletif' Size:XL: 100 x 75cm 10th January 1965Figure of a Vletif, a mythological sea beast, in a seascape including boats and an island. The animal is shown being hunted from shore by three figures using a bow, a trident and a spear. The creature is perhaps based on the narwhal; however the 'horn' depicted resembles the rostrum of the sawfish or carpenter shark family. Illustration from Discours d'Ambroise Pare a scavoir, de la mumie, de la licorne, des venins, et de la peste, avec une table des