The most wonderful elm in the world. Presented by Lord Palmerston to R. C. Lucas Octr. 10th 1858. Photographer: Lucas, Richard Cockle
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Genre: Portrait Photography A self-portrait of Lucas, standing beside the trunk of the elm tree, in the garden of his house at Chilworth. This is the brightest and least faded of the six similar studies (prints 24-29) of the tree.
The most wonderful elm in the world. Presented by Lord Palmerston to R. C. Lucas Octr. 10th 1858. Photographer: Lucas, Richard Cockle
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Genre: Portrait Photography Study of the elm tree in the garden at Chilworth, with Lucas standing amongst the vegetation to the right. A faded and yellowed image.
[Elm tree in the garden of the Tower of the Winds, Chilworth, Hampshire.] Photographer: Lucas, Richard Cockle
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Genre: Landscape Photography Arched top. View of the gnarled elm trunk given to Lucas by Lord Palmerston, with Lucas himself standing beside the tree. Print 25 is from the same negative.
[Elm tree in the garden of the Tower of the Winds, Chilworth, Hampshire.] Photographer: Lucas, Richard Cockle
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Genre: Landscape Photography Study of the gnarled elm trunk, given to Lucas by Lord Palmerston in 1858, and placed in the garden of his house, the Tower of the Winds at Chilworth. With two figures standing beside the tree (Lucas on the left, with his back to the camera). Lucas calls this 'the m...
[Elm tree in the garden of the Tower of the Winds, Chilworth, Hampshire.] Photographer: Lucas, Richard Cockle
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View looking towards the tower of Lucas' house, the Tower of the Winds, with the gnarled elm trunk given to him by Lord Palmerston in 1858, standing in the left foreground in the garden (see also prints 24-29).
Queen Victoria's oak. Height 70 feet. Circumference at 5 feet from the ground 11 feet 6 inches. Probable age 250 years. Photographer: Caithness (Earl of) or Bembridge
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Genre: Landscape Photography Frontispiece. View of the tree, taken in wintertime, with figures standing at the base.
Natural grown maiden oak. Height 65 feet. Circumference at 5 feet from the ground 12 feet 3 inches. Probable age 200 years. Photographer: Caithness (Earl of) or Bembridge
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Genre: Landscape Photography Facing p. 4. View of the tree, taken in wintertime, with a pony trap and a man raking the gravel path in the foreground.
Old pollard oak at Forest Gate. Circumference at 5 feet from the ground 26 feet 10 inches. Probable age 800 years. Photographer: Caithness (Earl of) or Bembridge
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Genre: Landscape Photography Facing p. 6. View of the tree, taken in wintertime.