Figure 100. British School, eighteenth century

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TitlePark Scene with Boy

Creator nameUnknown

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1780

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsGraphite and watercolour on paper

Dimensions27.8 × 39.2 cm

LocationTate Britain, London

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/t08578

Accession numberT08578

SubjectsTrees in artNature (aesthetics)Landscape painting, British

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Chapter V. Forest

Vittoria Di Palma

Wasteland: A History

~Henry Peacham’s emblem for “Nulli penetrabilis,” published in his Minerva Britanna, Or a Garden of Heroical Devises of 1612, features an image of a cluster of trees under a starry sky and...

Author

Vittoria Di Palma

PublisherYale University Press

Related print edition pages: pp.177-229

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00222.006

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20683&redirecttoanchor=59087

Chapter subject tags:Land useNature (aesthetics)

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Untitled illustration

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 07

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation date1952

Object typeIllustration

LocationHoyt Sherman, Cézanne and Visual Form (1952)

Untitled illustration

Memorial for Henry G. Staats

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 21

Creator name (description)Unidentified artist, possibly Ezra Ames

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1802

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor, chopped hair, and graphite pencil on ivory

Dimensions2 1/2 × 2 in. (6.4 × 5.1 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/16189

Accession number1940.534

Memorial for Henry G. Staats

Stanfield's windmills, from Ruskin's "Modern Painters," 1898 ed.

Posted by:John Carlson

May 22

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1898

Object typePrint

Materialsprint

Stanfield's windmills, from Ruskin's...

Stanfield's windmills, from Ruskin's "Modern Painters," 1898 ed.

Shaman with a tree growing from his back

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureColima

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsEarthenware

LocationPrivate Collection

Shaman with a tree growing from his back

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail of a corner kadamba tree

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 12

Creator nationality/cultureBengali

Creator roleWeaver/Fabricator

Creation date1800–1900

Object typeTextile

MaterialsCotton plain weave with cotton embroidery in back, buttonhole, darning, running, marking cross, cross, dot, eye, stem filling, fern, and seed stitches

LocationPhiladelphia Museum of Art

https://philamuseum.org/collection/object/88618

Accession number1994-148-705

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail of a...

Kantha (Embroidered Quilt), detail of a corner kadamba tree

Rural school for girls in Naranjal, Veracruz

Posted by:John Carlson

May 11

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1926

Object typePhotograph

LocationPrivate Collection

Rural school for girls in Naranjal,...

Rural school for girls in Naranjal, Veracruz

Description: Alabastron with a draped warrior on one side and a palm tree and serpent on the...

Alabastron with a draped warrior on one side and a palm tree and serpent on the other

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 401–500 A.D.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions5.9 in. (15 cm) H

LocationNational Museum, Athens

Alabastron with a draped warrior on one...

Alabastron with a draped warrior on one side and a palm tree and serpent on the other

Marias River

Posted by:John Carlson

Jul 03

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation date1853

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsWatercolor and graphite

Dimensions10 1/2 x 15 7/8 in. (26.7 x 40.3 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/54719

Accession number1982.39.17a

Marias River

In Rokeby Park

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameCotman, John Sell

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1800–1810

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper

DimensionsSheet: 13 × 9 in. (33 × 22.9 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1671341

Accession numberB1977.14.4671

In Rokeby Park

The Earl of Rochester’s House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1700–1705

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions42 1/4 × 83 1/2 in. (107.3 × 212.1 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:772

Accession numberB1981.25.277

The Earl of Rochester’s House, New...

The Earl of Rochester’s House, New Park, Richmond, Surrey

Manuscript page from Remarks on Forest Scenery

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameGilpin, William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1791

Object typePrint

LocationAvery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York

Manuscript page from Remarks on Forest...

Manuscript page from Remarks on Forest Scenery

Originally published in “Art in America,” March-April 1971, cover.

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 31

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1971

Object typePainting

LocationArt in America, March–April 1971

Originally published in “Art in...

Originally published in “Art in America,” March-April 1971, cover.

Turner's windmills, from Ruskin's "Modern Painters," 1898 ed.

Posted by:John Carlson

May 22

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1898

Object typePrint

Materialsprint

Turner's windmills, from Ruskin's...

Turner's windmills, from Ruskin's "Modern Painters," 1898 ed.

Vase with mythic ceiba

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 01

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. AD 700

Object typeContainer

MaterialsEarthenware: brown-black and red on cream slip paint

DimensionsVase 4 1/2 x 4 7/8 in. (11.4 x 12.5 cm)

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/cylinder-vase-36312

Accession number1988.1173

Vase with mythic ceiba

Maternal Allegory

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 21

Creator name (description)Unidentified artist, possibly Samuel Folwell

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1795

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor and chopped hair on ivory

Dimensions1 5/16 × 3/4 in. (3.3 × 1.9 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/10461

Accession number1972.140.2

Maternal Allegory

Rocky Landscape with a Blasted Tree

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 16

Creator nameGoupy, Joseph

Creator name (description)after Salvador Rosa

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1680–1770

Object typePainting

MaterialsBodycolor heightened with white

Dimensions7 1/8 × 8 3/4 in. (18 × 22.3 cm)

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=751597&partId=1&searchText=Gg,3.365&page=1

Accession numberGg,3.365

Rocky Landscape with a Blasted Tree

Dumbarton Oaks bowl

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 01

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation dateAD 400–500

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsLimestone

Dimensions3 3/8 x 6 1/4 in. (8.6 x 15.9 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj22807

Accession numberPC.B.208

Dumbarton Oaks bowl

Engraved whelk shell with "Tree of Fur and Feathers" motif

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 31

Creator nationality/cultureMississippian

Creator roleArtist

Creation date1200–1400

Object typeReligious/Ritual/Ceremonial Object

MaterialsMarine shell

DimensionsLength 10 1/2 in. (26.7 cm)

LocationNational Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

Accession number18/9120

Engraved whelk shell with "Tree of Fur...

Engraved whelk shell with "Tree of Fur and Feathers" motif

Coeur d'Alene Mission, St. Ignatius River

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsWatercolor and graphite

Dimensions10 1/2 x 15 13/16 in. (26.6 x 40.2 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/54854

Accession number1982.39.24a

Coeur d'Alene Mission, St. Ignatius...

Coeur d'Alene Mission, St. Ignatius River

Galleria di Sopra, Albano

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameCozens, John Robert

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1778

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper

DimensionsMount: 18 3/8 × 24 1/2 in. (46.7 × 62.2 cm); Sheet: 14 3/8 × 20 7/8 in. (36.5 × 53 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1671454

Accession numberB1975.4.1904

Galleria di Sopra, Albano

The Mall and St. James’s Palace

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 16

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1740–1750

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions29 1/2 × 47 1/4 in. (74.9 x 120 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1665221

Accession numberB1981.25.555

The Mall and St. James’s Palace

San Bartolo, West Wall

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 01

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 100 BC

Object typePainting

MaterialsPolychrome mural

San Bartolo, West Wall

A wooden box, decorated on the outside with paper quill work and watercolors

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 16

Creator roleArtist

Object typeContainer

MaterialsWood with paper quill work and watercolors

LocationMuseum of London

Accession numberNN 18716

A wooden box, decorated on the outside...

A wooden box, decorated on the outside with paper quill work and watercolors

Landscape at East Bergholt

Posted by:John Carlson

Dec 02

Creator nameConstable, John

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (Modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1805

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor over graphite on laid paper

Dimensions7 × 8 1/2 in. (17.8 × 21.6 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8093

Accession numberB1977.14.4660

Landscape at East Bergholt

Invasion of locusts. "Apocolypse en français," fol. 27r

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 11

Creator nationality/cultureFrench

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1313

Object typeBook/Manuscript

MaterialsParchment

Dimensions220 × 155 mm

LocationBibliothèque nationale, Paris

Accession numberMS. fr. 13096

Invasion of locusts. "Apocolypse en...

Invasion of locusts. "Apocolypse en français," fol. 27r

Memorial for Solomon and Joseph Hays

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsWatercolor, pearls, gold wire, beads, and locks of blond and brown hair (natural, chopped, and dissolved) on ivory

Dimensions1 7/8 × 1 13/16 in. (4.8 × 4.6 cm)

LocationYale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut

https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/76922

Accession numberILE1999.3.21

Memorial for Solomon and Joseph Hays

Frank O'Hara, Southhampton, New York

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 04

Creator rolePhotographer

Creation date1961

Object typePhotograph

Frank O'Hara, Southhampton, New York

The Spring Head of Roaring River

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 19

Creator nameRobertson, George

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1775

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions39 × 49 3/4 in. (99.1 × 126.4 cm)

LocationWallace Campbell, Jamaica

The Spring Head of Roaring River

The Poringland Oak

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 29

Creator nameCrome, John

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1818–1820

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil paint on canvas

LocationTate Gallery, London

https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/crome-the-poringland-oak-n02674

Accession numberN02674

The Poringland Oak

Ancestors as plants

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 01

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation dateAD 400–500

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsCeramic

DimensionsVase 5 1/8 x 6 3/4 x 6 3/4 in. (13 x 17.3 x 17.3 cm)

LocationStaatliche Museen zu Berlin

https://id.smb.museum/object/111568

Accession numberIdent.Nr. IV Ca 49845

Ancestors as plants

Chochola vessel with attributes of carved wood

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 01

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. AD 750

Object typeContainer

MaterialsCeramic

Dimensions5 1/2 x 5 7/8 in. (14 x 14.9 cm)

LocationDumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Washington, D.C.

http://museum.doaks.org/Obj22746

Accession numberPC.B.530

Chochola vessel with attributes of...

Chochola vessel with attributes of carved wood

Manuscript page from Remarks on Forest Scenery

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 09

Creator nameGilpin, William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1791

Object typePrint

LocationCanadian Centre for Architecture, Montréal

Manuscript page from Remarks on Forest...

Manuscript page from Remarks on Forest Scenery

On the Washburn

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 08

Creator nameTurner, Joseph Mallord William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1815

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor, graphite and scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

DimensionsSheet: 11 1/4 × 18 in. (28.6 × 45.7 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

http://collections.britishart.yale.edu/vufind/Record/1669731

Accession numberB1975.4.1620

On the Washburn

Alabastron with a draped warrior on one side and a palm tree and serpent on the other

Posted by:John Carlson

Sep 06

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation datec. 401–500 A.D.

Object typeContainer

MaterialsTerracotta

Dimensions5.9 in. (15 cm) H

LocationNational Museum, Athens

Alabastron with a draped warrior on one...

Alabastron with a draped warrior on one side and a palm tree and serpent on the other

The Watering Place

Posted by:John Carlson

Jun 19

Creator nameGainsborough, Thomas

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1777

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions58 × 71 in. (147.3 × 180.3 cm)

LocationNational Gallery, London

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/thomas-gainsborough-the-watering-place

Accession numberNG109

The Watering Place

Shrewsbury and the River Severn

Posted by:John Carlson

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions30 1/2 × 71 1/2 in. (77.5 × 181.6 cm)

LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:759

Accession numberB1981.25.264

Shrewsbury and the River Severn

Claremont: View of the Amphitheatre and Lake

Posted by:John Carlson

LocationPrivate Collection

Claremont: View of the Amphitheatre and...

Claremont: View of the Amphitheatre and Lake

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