The King Oak, Windsor Forest

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View of an ancient crooked and truncated oak with a split bark leaving the sapwood exposed.

The King Oak. In Windsor Forest.

(Plate 29.)

Artist

Name:: Burgess, Henry William
Dates:: ca. 1792-1839
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subjects:: Landscapes & Places, Plants
Technique:: Lithograph
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library

Book

Title:: Eidodendron
Author:: Burgess, Henry William
Publisher:: London: J. Dickins, 1827

Description:

Plate showing an ancient crooked and truncated oak with a split bark leaving the sapwood exposed. The King Oak was described as follows by the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland:^[1] The largest and oldest oak tree in Windsor Forest, ‘the King Oak,’ measures 26 feet in circumference at 4 feet from the ground.

^ Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland, 4th series, vol. XIII. Edinburgh: 1881, p. 216-217.

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