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Windsor Forest and Windsor Great Park: two mounted huntsmen with their hounds; in the background, a mansion surrounded by trees. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850.

Old oak tree (Quercus species) in Windsor Forest. Charcoal drawing by G. B. (or B. G.), 1852.

The gnarled trunk of a beech tree (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Windsor forest, with deer and castle in distance. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, 1805.

An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Sir John Falstaff is invited to a tryst in Windsor Forest at night, dressed in bizarre clothing: he is attacked by children dressed as fairies and by the merry wives. Stipple engraving by I. Taylor, 1795, after R. Smirke.

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An episode in The merry wives of Windsor: Sir John Falstaff is invited to a tryst in Windsor Forest at night, dressed in bizarre clothing: he is attacked by children dressed as fairies and by the merry wives. Stipple engraving by I. Taylor, 1795, after R. Smirke.

Windsor Forest and Windsor Great Park: two mounted huntsmen with their hounds; in the background, a mansion surrounded by trees. Coloured woodcut, ca. 1850.

The gnarled trunk of a beech tree (Fagus sylvatica L.) in Windsor forest, with deer and castle in distance. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, 1805.

Old oak tree (Quercus species) in Windsor Forest. Charcoal drawing by G. B. (or B. G.), 1852.