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Under the Old Fir Tree
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1802-1873
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1808-1880
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etching and engraving
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Width: 23.4 cm
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Inscription: SIR EDWIN LANDSEER. R.A. DEL.T //
Stamp: WITT / LIBRARY //
Label: UNDER THE OLD FIR-TREE. / THIS is Abies larix, the common Larch Fir - a tree which delights in an / elevated situation, and grows best in barren, exposed land, with no / neighbours but a few of its own relations. The last Duke of Athole / planted immense quantities of it in various mountainous parts of / Scotland; and in situations upwards of sixteen hundred feet above sea-level, trees / of this kind, eighty years old, have yielded six loads each of the finest timber. In the / Highland deer forests trees of this size and grandeur are uncommon. / Some branches already bare announce that the fir-tree, like the old forester beneath / it, has seen its best days; even now it would afford but poor shelter from a heavy / shower. The two deer-stalkers at its foot are evidently resting after a piece of suc- / cessful sport. The deerhounds, glad of a chance to take breath, and the little Skye / terrier complacently regarding the dead stag, lend an additional interest to the sketch. / The original is in the possession of Mr. A. Myers: it has not been otherwise / engraved. //
Inscription: C. G. LEWIS, SCULP.T //
Inscription: UNDER THE OLD FIR TREE. / LONDON, VIRTUE & Co. LIMITED. //
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