"Old Beech-tree, on the Road to Virginia Water," byW. Alfred Delamotte for W. Harrison Ainsworth's "Windsor Castle" (1844; rpt. 1880)

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Old Beech-tree, on the Road to Virginia Water

W. A. Delamotte

1842

Wood-engraving

10 cm by 8.6 cm, vignetted

Nineteenth Delamotte illustration for W. Harrison Ainsworth's Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance, from the September 1842 number of Ainsworth's Magazine; Chapter V, p. 47.

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Passage Illustrated:

At the foot of two fine beech-trees lay another small pool, and Surrey almost expected to see the spectral huntsman beside it.From this spot they could discern the whole of the valley beyond, andthey scanned it in the hope of perceiving the object of their search.Though not comparable to the view on the nearer side, the prospect was nevertheless exceedingly beautiful. Long vistas and glades stretched outbefore them, while in the far distance might be seen glittering in themoonbeams the lake or mere which in later days has received the name ofVirginia Water.[ChapterV. "Of the Ghostly Chase beheld by the Earl of Surrey and the Duke of Richmondin Windsor Forest," pp. 45-46]

References

Ainsworth, William Harrison. Windsor Castle. An Historical Romance. Illustrated by George Cruikshank and Tony Johannot. With designs on wood by W. Alfred Delamotte. London: Routledge, 1880. Based on the Henry Colburn edition of 1844.

Patten, Robert L. Chapter 30, "The 'Hoc' Goes Down." George Cruikshank's Life, Times, and Art, vol. 2: 1835-1878. Rutgers, NJ: Rutgers U. P., 1991; London: The Lutterworth Press, 1996. Pp. 153-186.

Worth, George J. William Harrison Ainsworth. New York: Twayne, 1972.

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