Lord Byron's Oak. by Ian Gordon Craig

byron's oak newstead abbey
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Your history lessons are always as good as your art!

Thanks Heather. I do love Midlands UK history.

Sketch and a Story, both excellent!

Nicely done Ian, and the history makes the drawing all the more interesting.

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20/11/2024
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Lord Byron Oak, Newstead Abbey. Byron planted it 1798. As late as 1850 described as “a goodly size”. Byron had left England 1816. Friend Col. Wildman bought the estate, hacked it back cos it “spoilt the view”. The stump still here today.

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Ian Gordon Craig

Artist, currently writing. More inclined to sketchbook these days rather than canvas.

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