Felling Collection

Tiverton Town Council buys Newts Hill Woods to provide fuel for the town people. Workmen chopping down trees. 26 October 1920

The Confession: Otto Von Bismarck (1815-98) with Death, from Le Petit Journal
XIR246062 The Confession: Otto Von Bismarck (1815-98) with Death, from Le Petit Journal, 17th December 1892 (colour litho) by Meaulle, Fortune Louis (1844-1901) & Meyer

TEXTBOOK / 1880 / PLATE 9
Plate 9 features pictures of deer, felling trees and butterfies

Prince Albert being urged to think before felling trees in Hyde Park
5312024 Prince Albert being urged to think before felling trees in Hyde Park; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting Prince Albert being urged to think before felling trees in Hyde Park to make way for)

Men pulling a rope to help with felling
5310191 Men pulling a rope to help with felling; (add.info.: Engraving depicting men pulling a rope to help with felling. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Lumbering in New Brunswick - Lumbermen at Work in the Forest, 1858. Creator: Unknown
Lumbering in New Brunswick - Lumbermen at Work in the Forest, [Canada], 1858. The lumbering business is the leading element of wealth in the province; and the sawmills

Logging, felling the tree, between 1880 and 1899. Creator: Unknown
Logging, felling the tree, between 1880 and 1899

"Timber-clearing on the Hill-side, Sussex" - painted by Henry Jetsum - from the Exhibition of the Br Creator
"Timber-clearing on the Hill-side, Sussex" - painted by Henry Jetsum - from the Exhibition of the British Institution, 1856

En Alsace et sur la Frontiere, 1914. Creator: Unknown
'En Alsace et sur la Frontiere; Le 7 aout, nos alpins occupent le col du Bonhomme apres un Violent combat. Leur premier soin est d'abattre le poteau frontiere, 1914

Tree of Liberty, cut down in Paris, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Tree of Liberty, cut down in Paris, 1850. During the past week riots of a revolutionary character have taken place in that capital; the ostensible cause of which was the removal of some of

Champion Australian axemen at the London Hippodrome
Peter McClaren, the champion axeman of Australia) and Harry H. Jackson, giving an exhibition of tree cutting at the London Hippodrome in 1907. Date: 1907

Australia Tree Felling Victorian period

Photograph of New Zealand woodcutter with axe and spectators looking on. Outdoor reportage photograph. Captioned, It is the Last Blow That Counts

A shell from the Naval Brigade dispersing Boers from behind the Seven Sisters Kojes during the action of the 7th March
KW373887 A shell from the Naval Brigade dispersing Boers from behind the Seven Sisters Kojes during the action of the 7th March, 1900 at Le Gallais Kopje near Osfontein

The Doomed Tree, 1865 (oil on canvas)
CH139789 The Doomed Tree, 1865 (oil on canvas) by Redgrave, Richard (1804-88); 50x69 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Christie's Images

Felling a Karri Tree, Western Australia, from the series Australia's Wealth of Wheat and Wool, 1929 (colour litho)
MAN464493 Felling a Karri Tree, Western Australia, from the series Australia's Wealth of Wheat and Wool, 1929 (colour litho) by Webb, Archibald Bertram (1887-1944); Manchester Art Gallery

Albert (1819-1861) Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840. Albert being urged to think before felling trees in Hyde Park
530925 Albert (1819-1861) Consort of Queen Victoria from 1840. Albert being urged to think before felling trees in Hyde Park to make way for the Crystal Palace and the Great Exhibition of 1851

Cutting down a giant California Redwood tree in the late 19th century. From The Strand Magazine published 1897
878558 Cutting down a giant California Redwood tree in the late 19th century. From The Strand Magazine published 1897. by English School, (19th century); Private Collection

Cutting trees using vapour machines in the late19th century. From El Museo Popular published Madrid, 1887
693672 Cutting trees using vapour machines in the late19th century. From El Museo Popular published Madrid, 1887 by Spanish School, (19th century)

Logged over land along U. S. 99. Southern Oregon, 1939. Creator: Dorothea Lange
Logged over land along U.S. 99. Southern Oregon

Felling a kauri pine (colour litho)
2774928 Felling a kauri pine (colour litho) by Macfarlane, J. (active 1940-1949); Private Collection; (add.info.: Felling a kauri pine)

The Wood Gatherers (oil on canvas)
WH49272 The Wood Gatherers (oil on canvas) by Langaskens, Maurice (1884-1946); 90x63 cm; Private Collection; Photo © Whitford & Hughes, London, UK; Belgian, out of copyright

Tree felling by Machinery, Mr Gladstone watching a Trial of the New Patent Steam Feller near Tulse Hill (engraving)
1049931 Tree felling by Machinery, Mr Gladstone watching a Trial of the New Patent Steam Feller near Tulse Hill (engraving) by Durand

Woodcutters, 1942
BAL53543 Woodcutters, 1942 by Gajdos, Janos (1912-50); Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary

Bucherons Fagoteurs, c. 1820-35 (porcelain)
1766896 Bucherons Fagoteurs, c.1820-35 (porcelain) by Develly, Jean-Charles (1783-1849); Private Collection; (add.info.: Bucherons Fagoteurs)

"Our axes... were immediately set to work to cut down trees"(colour litho)
3626429 " Our axes... were immediately set to work to cut down trees" (colour litho) by Smith, Elmer Boyd (1860-1943); Private Collection; (add.info.: " Our axes)

St Boniface felling Donars Oak, sacred to the pagan Germans (engraving)
3647196 St Boniface felling Donars Oak, sacred to the pagan Germans (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Boniface felling Donars Oak)

Opening up the Far West (engraving)
1038805 Opening up the Far West (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Opening up the Far West)

St Boniface felling the Oak (engraving)
727857 St Boniface felling the Oak (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: St Boniface felling the Oak)

Malchy felling the Munster Coronation tree, 1920s (litho)
833032 Malchy felling the Munster Coronation tree, 1920s (litho) by Woodville, Richard Caton II (1856-1927); Private Collection; (add.info.: Illustration from Hutchinsons Story of the British Nation)

The New Dynasty, or The Little Corsican Gardiner planting a Royal Pippin Tree
NCO190442 The New Dynasty, or The Little Corsican Gardiner planting a Royal Pippin Tree, published by Hannah Humphrey in 1807 (hand-coloured etching) by Gillray

Trade of Wood from Brazil, c. 1550 (wood)
XIR158209 Trade of Wood from Brazil, c.1550 (wood) by French School, (16th century); Musee Departemental des Antiquites, Rouen, France; (add.info.: timber exploitation in Brasil; ); French

Punch cartoon: opposition to trees being felled in Hyde Park to make way for the site of Prince Alberts planned Great
6034643 Punch cartoon: opposition to trees being felled in Hyde Park to make way for the site of Prince Alberts planned Great Exhibition, 1851 (engraving) by English School

Ms 1058-1975 f2v Cutting Trees and Binding Faggots, from a Book of Hours, c. 1500 (vellum)
FIT133904 Ms 1058-1975 f2v Cutting Trees and Binding Faggots, from a Book of Hours, c.1500 (vellum) by Flemish School, (16th century); 19.2x13.3 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum, University of Cambridge

Swedish immigrant settlers in Nebraska, c. 1895 (coloured engraving)
PNP246228 Swedish immigrant settlers in Nebraska, c.1895 (coloured engraving) by American School, (19th century); Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

Special Constabulary Long Service Medal Certificate, 1944
Certificate bestowing a Special Constabulary Long Service Medal on J. Rutter of the Felling Division of the Durham County Constabulary, dated 1st September 1944. Date: 1st September 1944

Gold Mining in South-East Wynaad, India (engraving)
1045677 Gold Mining in South-East Wynaad, India (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Gold Mining in South-East Wynaad, India)

Felling a Karri Tree (b / w photo)
5988518 Felling a Karri Tree (b/w photo) by Australian Photographer (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Felling a Karri Tree)

November (engraving)
3646587 November (engraving) by Bol, Hans (1534-93) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: November. Illustration for Kulturgeschichtliches Bilderbuch aus drei Jahrhunderten by Georg Hirth)

Hiram Maxim demonstrating the power of his gun to Chinese government officials (b / w photo)
PNP343550 Hiram Maxim demonstrating the power of his gun to Chinese government officials (b/w photo) by English Photographer; Private Collection; (add.info)

Ms 173 f. 41 Historiated initial I depicting a monk and a lay chopping
JHG166017 Ms 173 f.41 Historiated initial I depicting a monk and a lay chopping and pruning a tree, from Moralia in Job by Pope Gregory the Great (vellum) by French School

Woodman at work, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S
LLM438534 Woodman at work, illustration from Greek Vase Paintings by J. E. Harrison and D. S. MacColl, published 1894 (digitaly enhanced image) by English School

The first Dutch settlement on Manhattan Island in 1623 (litho)
PNP377429 The first Dutch settlement on Manhattan Island in 1623 (litho) by American School; Private Collection; Peter Newark American Pictures; American, out of copyright

"Some engaged in felling trees, others with horses dragging the trunks, placed on sleighs
6002113 " Some engaged in felling trees, others with horses dragging the trunks, placed on sleighs, over the hard snow" (colour litho) by Groome

Ms 1058-1975 f2r Cutting Trees and Binding Faggots, illuminated page for February
FIT133903 Ms 1058-1975 f2r Cutting Trees and Binding Faggots, illuminated page for February, from a Book of Hours, c.1500 (vellum) by Flemish School, (16th century); 19.2x13.3 cm; Fitzwilliam Museum

Charlemagne orders the felling of the Irmensaule, sacred oak tree of the Saxons, 772 (engraving)
3647198 Charlemagne orders the felling of the Irmensaule, sacred oak tree of the Saxons, 772 (engraving) by Leutemann, Heinrich (1824-1905); Private Collection; (add.info)

En Californie (engraving)
2789013 En Californie (engraving) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: En Californie. Coupe des arbres dans la foret. Pose d un piege a pantheres)

The Grand Old Man (chromolitho)
2817022 The Grand Old Man (chromolitho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Grand Old Man. British Liberal politician William Ewart Gladstone)

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"Tiverton Town Council Ensures Warmth for its People: Newts Hill Woods Acquired as Fuel Source" In a move to provide sustainable fuel for the town's residents, Tiverton Town Council has made an innovative decision. They have purchased Newts Hill Woods, a picturesque forested area on the outskirts of town, with the intention of utilizing it as a source of fuel. This bold initiative aims to meet the heating needs of the community while also promoting environmental consciousness. "The Confession: Otto Von Bismarck and Death in Le Petit Journal" A captivating image from history captures Otto Von Bismarck engaged in deep conversation with Death itself. Published in Le Petit Journal, this thought-provoking artwork delves into mortality and introspection. It serves as a reminder that even great figures like Bismarck must confront their own mortality. "Capturing History Through Lens: Tree Felling in Victorian Australia" Step back in time through an intriguing photograph capturing tree felling during Victoria's period in Australia. The image showcases the immense effort put forth by woodcutters wielding axes while curious spectators observe their laborious task. This outdoor reportage photograph aptly titled "It is the Last Blow That Counts" sheds light on tree felling practices prevalent during that era. "A Glimpse Into South Africa's Boer War: Naval Brigade Dispersing Boers at Le Gallais Kopje" An intense moment frozen in time reveals a shell fired by the Naval Brigade dispersing Boers behind Seven Sisters Kojes during an action-packed day on March 7th, 1900 at Le Gallais Kopje near Osfontein, South Africa. This powerful image encapsulates one aspect of the second Boer War and highlights both bravery and conflict amidst stunning landscapes. "The Doomed Tree: A Haunting Tale Painted on Canvas" Immerse yourself in melancholic beauty through "The Doomed Tree, " an oil on canvas masterpiece from 1865.