Queen Adelaide's Beech
1864
Earl of Caithness and William Bambridge
Artist, British, 1821 - 1881
Artist, British, 1819 - 1879
Artwork overview
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Medium
albumen print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image/sheet: 29 × 23.3 cm (11 7/16 × 9 3/16 in.)
mount: 56.8 × 42.9 cm (22 3/8 × 16 7/8 in.) -
Accession Number
1995.36.63
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
David and Mary Robinson, Sausalito, CA; NGA purchase, 1995.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
on mount, lower center printed in black ink: QUEEN ADELAIDE'S BEECH / HEIGHT 50 FEET CIRCUMFERENCE 8 FEET 6 INCHES / PROBABLE AGE 140 YEARS / And on my trunk's surviving frame / Carv'd many a longforgotten name / CAMPBELL'S Beech Tree's Petition
Wikidata ID
Q64147052