Parish Boundary Oak near Ascot Gate

James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness; William Bembridge

Caption

James Sinclair, 14th Earl of Caithness (1821–1881); William Bembridge (British, 1818–1879). Parish Boundary Oak near Ascot Gate, ca. 1860. Albumen silver print, sheet: 11 x 9 1/4 in. (27.9 x 23.5 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Allan D. Rubenstein Memorial Collection, 1992.192.13.

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Photography

Title

Parish Boundary Oak near Ascot Gate

Date

ca. 1860

Medium

Albumen silver print

Classification

Photograph

Dimensions

sheet: 11 x 9 1/4 in. (27.9 x 23.5 cm)

Inscriptions

Inscribed in print on recto below image: title; "Height 70 feet circumference at 5 feet from the grounf 16 feet 9 inches. Probable age 350 years"; printed Shakespeare quote in lower left below image in italics: "And high top blad with dry antiquity" "As You Like It"

Credit Line

Allan D. Rubenstein Memorial Collection

Accession Number

1992.192.13

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