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Trunk and branch of a sacred, East Indian "dragtoe" tree, in separate plates. Line engraving after C. de Bruin, 1706.
Bruyn, Cornelis de, 1652-1727.Date: [1718]Reference: 20300i
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The gnarled trunk of an old oak tree (Quercus robur L.) in Rycot Park, Oxfordshire. Soft-ground etching by W. Delamotte, 1805, after himself.
Delamotte, William, 1775-1863.Date: January 1806Reference: 20587i
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Four men standing by the huge trunk of an Australian mountain ash tree (Eucalyptus species). Wood engraving, c. 1867.
Date: [1867-1875]Reference: 20953i
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Banyan tree (Ficus benghalensis) growing on a lakeside. Coloured etching by B. Pouncy, c. 1793, after W. Hodges.
Hodges, William, 1744-1797.Date: [1793]Reference: 21016i
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Henri Duc de Guise has his hand trapped in a split tree trunk when the two parts of the tree are brought together, contrary to Nature; the tree representing the family tree of the kings of France, which diverges into a Valois branch and a Bourbon (Navarre) branch. Etching.
Date: 1589Reference: 39092i