Oates and Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables Size:S: 60 x 45cm in the background is a

in the background is a house built in a fanciful combination of architectural styles from Grecian to Chinese

View showing monuments on the walls including one to the Blount family

it was used to tow gang mowers around playing fields in Somerset

Two knights fighting on foot

Oates and Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables Size:S: 60 x 45cm in the background is a'Oates and Meares at the Blubber Stove in the Stables', Antarctica, 1911. Two of the members of Captain Scott's 'Terra Nova' South Pole expedtion. Captain Lawrence Oates (1880 1912) was one of the party that reached the pole but perished on the return journey. Cecil Meares was a dog team driver on the expedition.