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Border Forest

Print
1960-1961 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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

Categories
Object type
TitleBorder 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.
Dimensions
  • Sheet height: 21.5cm
  • Sheet width: 15.2cm
  • Image height: 16.4cm
  • Image width: 10.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • for the Forestry Commission (Inscribed in pencil below lower margin)
  • Border Forest (Inscribed in ink, bottom of sheet)
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
Bibliographic references
  • Taken from R.P. 91/922 Acquisition Form
  • Taken from R.P. 91/922 Catalogue Sheet
Collection
Accession number
E.1677-1991

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Record createdMarch 2, 2009
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