A Woodland Sketch
John Burgess (Jnr) (1813-1874)
A Woodland Sketch
Pencil on paper
260mm x 360mm
A drawing of trees in a wood.
Atherstone. Out Woods
Part of Out Woods, Atherstone. 1960s
Atherstone. View towards the town
A country scene, somewhere near Atherstone. 1800s
Bishops Tachbrook. Oakley Wood
Oakley Wood, Bishops Tachbrook. 1928
Brailes, Lower. Tree felling
Group of men with felled tree, axes and saw. Not professional tree fellers. Lower Brailes. 1910s
Brailes. Banbury Road near Hook Norton turning
A leafy country lane with a man* and his dog, Brailes. 1914
[ * believed to be John Bryan, identified by his grandson 2021]
Chesterton. Woods
Chesterton Woods, with the road running through. 1930s. The route of this road has been altered from that seen here.
Coleshill. Chelmsley Woods
Footpath among the trees in Chelmsley Woods, near Coleshill. 1900s
Crater of the Architectural Geyser, Lower Basin
A sepia photograph entitled Crater of the Architectural Geyser, Lower Basin, by W.H.Jackson. The picture shows a geyser and rock formations and water surrounded by a wooded landscape W.H.Jackson was a ...
Curdworth. Woodcutters
Thatched barn and carts. Woodcutters sawing tree trunks. Curdworth. 1895
Dunchurch. Buccleuch Estate, foresters
Group of foresters on the Duke of Buccleuch's Estate, Dunchurch. 1900
Edgehill. Beech woods
Lady sitting on a rustic seat under a yew tree in the beechwoods at Edgehill. 1900s
Edgehill. Prospect House
A view through the trees at Prospect House, Edgehill. 1930s
Edgehill. Road through beech woods
Road through the beech woods at Edgehill. 1930s
George Tuberville, The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting, 1611 - A royal picnic, p.91.
A picnic for Shakespeare's royal patron.
Among the many engravings of huntsmen and their dogs that illustrate Turberville’s book of the chase, is this of the mid-day break for a meal with wine, ...
George Tuberville, The Noble Art of Venerie or Hunting, 1611 - p. 35.
Hunting with dogs as in Shakespeare's plays.
Turberville’s handbook covers the training of dogs for hunting deer or hare. The woodcut illustrations show the kind of hunt Shakespeare would have ...
Great Falls of the Yellowstone, 397 Feet
A sepia photograph entitled Great Falls of the Yellowstone, 397 Feet, by W.H.Jackson. The picture shows a waterfall in a mountainous and wooded landscape W.H.Jackson was a photographer for the United ...
Hot Spring and Castle Geyser
A sepia photograph entitled Hot Spring and Castle Geyser, by W.H.Jackson. The picture shows a spring and a geyser in a wooded landscapeW.H.Jackson was a photographer for the United States Geological ...