Swilcar Oak, Needwood Forest, Staffordshire - Hand-Colored Engraving - 1807
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Original hand-colored engraving of the celebrated Swilcar Oak in Needwood Forest, Staffordshire: the old gnarled trunk beneath an immense crown, with a herd of deer grazing in its shade. Lettered below, Engrav'd by John Smith from a drawing by H. Moore, and For the Beauties of England and Wales.
Original hand-colored engraving of the celebrated Swilcar Oak in Needwood Forest, Staffordshire: the old gnarled trunk beneath an immense crown, with a herd of deer grazing in its shade. Lettered below, Engrav'd by John Smith from a drawing by H. Moore, and For the Beauties of England and Wales.
From The Beauties of England and Wales, the great topographical description of the country published in London at the beginning of the 19th century. The Swilcar Oak was for centuries the most famous tree in Needwood Forest and was pictured as one more monument of the county.
Medium: Copper engraving, hand-colored.
Artist / after: H. Moore.
Engraver: John Smith.
Date: 1807.
Source: The Beauties of England and Wales, London.
Dimensions: 8.3 x 4.9 in (21 x 12.5 cm).
Condition: Good. Clean paper, with an isolated fox mark in the left margin; the coloring fresh.
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Original hand-colored engraving of the celebrated Swilcar Oak in Needwood Forest, Staffordshire: the old gnarled trunk beneath an immense crown, with a herd of deer grazing in its shade. Lettered below, Engrav'd by John Smith from a drawing by H. Moore, and For the Beauties of England and Wales.