The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 29, 2023

The History of Windsor's Great Park and Windsor Forest by William Menzies

Queen Adelaide's Beech

before 1864

James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness

(British, 1821–1881)

or William Bambridge

(British, 1819–1879)

publisher

Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts & Green

England, 19th century

Albumen print from wet collodion negative

Image: 29.1 x 23.5 cm (11 7/16 x 9 1/4 in.); Matted: 61 x 50.8 cm (24 x 20 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1997.129

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

Printed in black ink on recto: "QUEEN ADELAIDE'S BEECH. / HEIGHT 50 FEET. CIRCUMFERENCE 8 FEET 6 INCHES / PROBABLY AGE 140 YEARS. / And on my trunk's surviving frame / Carv'd many a long forgotten name. / CAMPBELL's Beech Tree's Petition.

Provenance
(Lee Marks Fine Art, Shelbyville, IN)
June 2, 1997
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Exhibition history

Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; August 12, 2000 - January 3, 2001. "Pioneers of Landscape Photography from the Museum's Collection."

Pioneers of Landscape Photography from the Museum's Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 12, 2000-January 3, 2001).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1997.129