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Trees in the painted British Landscape


David Humphries
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I'm well aware that I have probably just nominated myself for the prize of saddest thread in Arbtalk history, but.................................

 

I have for a while started to develope a fascination in how our forefathers saw and valued the Trees around them.

And as Mr Kodak was not around to portray the scenes, paintings and poems are the only references I can indulge my interest in.

 

So, feel free to ignore or add to, for the pleasure of the sad & :crazy:

 

They are all Thomas Gainsborough's from around the 1770's.

The first is of particular interest to me, as it may be of the site where I work,

the second is "the Woodsman"

I quite like the forth with the pollarded Willows and the last (called Mr & Mrs Andrews)

is the most famous of his Suffolk period

( could be entitled Mr & Mrs Bullman ) :001_tongue:

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The first and third are of the same tree

 

They do look similar, but unless they had perfected the science of moving very large trees 2oo yrs before Barchams. I doubt it.

 

The first is in London and the third is in Suffolk

 

 

 

I particularly like the coronetting in the third :001_tongue:

 

 

 

 

 

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I've used my specailist enhancing technique once again Dave to reveal the answer.

 

It is infact a cricket bat :sleep1:

 

 

Doh, obviously honed from the Salix alba coerulea (Cricket Bat Willow) pollards from picture four

 

 

Nice one, Dean :001_tongue:

 

The way England are playing at the moment, the selectors should dig him up and replace Vaughan in the batting line up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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