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Border Forest

Print
1960-1961 (made)
Artist/Maker
Forestry Commission (commissioned by)
George Edward Mackley (maker)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

A landscape scene. In the foreground, a lumberjack stands near some logs, leaning on an axe, while a second man is preparing one of the two horses to carry the lumber. A path behind them leads past a line of tall trees, into the forested hill in the distance.

Object details

Categories
Prints
Landscapes
Object type
Print
TitleBorder Forest (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Wood-engraving
Paper
Printing Ink
Wood Engraving
Brief description
Wood engraving by George Mackley, Border Forest, British, 1960-1
Physical description
A landscape scene. In the foreground, a lumberjack stands near some logs, leaning on an axe, while a second man is preparing one of the two horses to carry the lumber. A path behind them leads past a line of tall trees, into the forested hill in the distance.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 252mm
  • Sheet width: 183mm
  • Image height: 127mm
  • Image width: 94mm
Marks and inscriptions
  • George Mackley (signed in pencil, right side below margin)
  • Border Forest (Inscribed in pencil, left side below lower margin)
Gallery label
(2017)
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
Credit line
George Mackley Bequest
Object history
George Mackley Bequest, R.P. No. 91/922. Made for the Forestry Commission.
Subjects depicted
Lumbermen
Woodcutters
Horses
Landscape
Forest
Trees
Hill
Logs
Axe
Houses
Bibliographic references
  • George Mackley Wood Engraver. Old Woking: Gresham Books, 1981, p.134
  • Taken from R.P. 91/922 Acquisition Form
  • Taken from R.P. 91/922 Catalogue Sheet
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1674-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O195163/border-forest-print-george-edward-mackley/
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