Árbók Hins íslenzka fornleifafélags - 01.01.1998, Qupperneq 93

STANLEY OG STIFTAMTMAÐUR SKIPTAST Á GÖNGUSTÖFUM
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Dayes, but likely based upon a sketch made during the visit to Iceland.The author points
out a connection between the picture and an account of the trip in the diary by James
Wright, which relates that Stanley and Ólafur Stephensen, stiftamtmaður at Innri-Hólmur,
exchanged gifts. In an addition to Wright s diary manuscript Stanley himself wrote (see
English citation in main text and note 6), that Ólafur Stephensen had insisted on
exchanging the crude walking stick carried by Stanley for his own fine cane with a gilt
silver knob, and apparently just this incident is shown in the picture, with Ólafur Steph-
ensen seventh and Stanley ninth from the left both holding on to the same staff with a
knob, Ólafur with his left, Stanley with his right hand, while the latter with his left hand
still holds on to a stick touching the ground. Some of the gifts received by Stanley and
tnentioned in Wright’s diary can be seen in the picture: a scythe and a rake, and perhaps
the fine silver vase.