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Great Oak in Bowthorpe Park
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(artist)
1765-1822
(printmaker)
1767-1827
(publisher)
1769-1845
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printed in black
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Width: 31.5 cm
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Inscription: Howlett's Views in County of Lincoln, 1800 / T.O. //
Inscription: Engraved by B. Howlett. //
Inscription: Great Oak in Bowthorpe Park. / LONDON. Published Jan.y, 1805, by W. Miller, Albemarle Street. //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: GREAT OAK IN BOWTHORP PARK. / IN Bowthorp Park (situate between Stamford and Bourne), belonging / to Philip Duncombe Pauncefort, Esq. stands a most extraordinary / Oak Tree, which is represented in the annexed engraving. No tradition / is to be found respecting it, having ever since the memory of the / oldest inhabitants, or their ancestors, been in the same state of decay. / The inside of the body is hollow; and the lower part of it was formerly / used as a feeding place for the calves, the upper as a pigeon house / The late possessor, George Pauncefort, Esq. (in whose family it has / been many hundred years), in 1768 had it floored, with benches / placed round, and a door of entrance: frequently twelve persons have / dined in it with ease. / The trunk, according to Armstrong, is thirty seven feet in circum- / ference. The tree, though not lofty, has a very beautiful head, and / is remarkable for its early foliage. / The drawing was made by Mr. J. C. Nattes, in 1804, expressly for / this Work. //
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