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Tree trunks

Part of
Trees
Plant Stems

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Images about Tree trunks

23 images from works
  • Old oak tree (Quercus species) in Windsor Forest. Charcoal drawing by G. B. (or B. G.), 1852.
  • Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
  • Three men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina), in a forest. Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • A convalescent soldier from Waterloo sitting with his wife and children. Engraving by G.T. Doo, 1847, after W. Mulready.
  • Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) growing on a lakeside. Coloured etching by B. Pouncy, c. 1793, after W. Hodges.
  • A palm tree with detailed paintings of the trunk and leaf. Watercolour, 1849.
  • Four men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus species). Wood engraving, c. 1867.
  • Various studies of light on trees. Watercolours.
  • Sections of wood from the stem of a date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). Coloured aquatint by G. Carocci, 1839, after D. del Rè, 1833.
  • Six pictures of foliage illustrating the general character of two trees - the plane (Platanus species) and walnut (Juglans regia). Lithograph after G. Barnard, c. 1849.
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Works from the collections

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    Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.

    Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727. | Date: [1718] | Reference: 20300i
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    The gnarled trunk of an old oak tree (Quercus robur L.) in Rycot Park, Oxfordshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, 1805, after himself.

    Delamotte, William, 1775-1863. | Date: January 1806 | Reference: 20587i
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    Four men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus species). Wood engraving, c. 1867.

    | Date: [1867-1875] | Reference: 20953i
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    Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) growing on a lakeside. Coloured etching by B. Pouncy, c. 1793, after W. Hodges.

    Hodges, William, 1744-1797. | Date: [1793] | Reference: 21016i
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    Henri Duc de Guise has his hand trapped in a split tree trunk when the two parts of the tree are brought together, contrary to Nature; the tree representing the family tree of the kings of France, which diverges into a Valois branch and a Bourbon (Navarre) branch. Etching.

    | Date: 1589 | Reference: 39092i
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Related topics

Botany
Plants
Trees
Plants, Useful
Plants - Abnormalities
Forests
Fagaceae
Australia
Eucalyptus
Myrtaceae

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