Border Forest
Print
1960-1961 (made)
1960-1961 (made)
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A landscape scene depicting a small settlement near a forest. A pine-forested hill stands in the background. Three stone brick buildings, one with two chimneys stand among beside an stone arch bridge over a small river, with tall pine trees to the right and smaller deciduous trees to the left. A man is standing on the bridge, looking down into the water and an old man and a young child are sitting together by a maple? tree on the rock strewn river bank. A small path, lined on one side by a low brick wall, leads from the lower right hand side of the image to the bridge.
Object details
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| Title | Border Forest (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Wood-engraving |
| Brief description | Wood engraving by George Mackley, Border Forest, British, 1960-1 |
| Physical description | A landscape scene depicting a small settlement near a forest. A pine-forested hill stands in the background. Three stone brick buildings, one with two chimneys stand among beside an stone arch bridge over a small river, with tall pine trees to the right and smaller deciduous trees to the left. A man is standing on the bridge, looking down into the water and an old man and a young child are sitting together by a maple? tree on the rock strewn river bank. A small path, lined on one side by a low brick wall, leads from the lower right hand side of the image to the bridge. |
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| Gallery label | Display 'Into the Woods: Trees in Illustration'; Gallery 102; June 2017 to the end of January 2018
George Edward Mackley (1900-1983)
Four wood-engravings for Forestry Commission Guides
1958-1961
The introduction of tree plantations by the Forestry Commission in the 1950s was deeply unpopular with the public. In order to promote forest parks to visitors and to overcome the lack of mature plantations to photograph as illustrations to their Guides, the Forestry Commission resorted to using artistic impressions of the forests, showing them blending into the surrounding landscape.
Wood-engravings
Bequest of George Mackley
E.1674, 1675, 1676, 1677-1991(2017) |
| Credit line | George Mackley Bequest |
| Object history | George Mackley Bequest, R.P. No. 91/922. Made for the Forestry Commission. |
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| Accession number | E.1677-1991 |
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| Record created | March 2, 2009 |
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