In this artwork, how is the Composition discussed?
The Golden Fleece is an oil on canvas composition with 40.9 in × 62.5 in dimensions.The image depicted in the painting shows the inside of an active, timber, open-aired shearing shed in Newstead New South Wales. It depicts sixteen male shearers, and one young boy, who are featured at work in the shearing station using traditional hand clippers to shear the sheep. Even for its time, the method of using these steel edged clippers for shearing was rather traditional and slightly outdated because as of the late 1880s, machine shearers were becoming increasingly popular in Australian shearing sheds.  
The scene is crowded and busy, capturing the typical working day inside the shearing station, with the timber floors covered in shorn wool and sheep being held in various positions.
The frame the painting is displayed in is attributed to the popular 19th-century carver John Thallon from Melbourne. It was restored in 2010.
Australia shearing shed station Golden Fleece