Chestnut tree, Bushy Park
Date
c.1930s
Creator
Kathleen Stannus Robertson (1874 - 1939, British) , Artist
Object type
Image reference
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 250mm
width (print): 305mm
height (mount): 340mm
width (mount): 415mm
width (print): 305mm
height (mount): 340mm
width (mount): 415mm
Subject
Content object
Description
View of a large chestnut tree in Bushy Park, showing its trunk and branches, and the surrounding land, with a fence running along the background. Located close to the entrance of Bushy House, on a road running from Bushy House to Cannon Gate.
Inscribed below: ‘K.S. Robertson.’
Handwritten inscription on back of frame: ‘Chestnut planted by Charles II at Bushy House Teddington
K. Stannus Robertson'
Lady Kathleen Stannus Robertson (1874-1939), British artist. Lady Robertson likely visited Bushy House and Bushy Park with her husband, Robert Robertson FRS (1869-1949), who represented the Royal Society on the General Board and Executive Council of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) from 1925.
Bushy House has been the home of the NPL since 1900, when the Government allotted it for that purpose. The NPL was under the control of the Royal Society from 1900 until 1918.
Inscribed below: ‘K.S. Robertson.’
Handwritten inscription on back of frame: ‘Chestnut planted by Charles II at Bushy House Teddington
K. Stannus Robertson'
Lady Kathleen Stannus Robertson (1874-1939), British artist. Lady Robertson likely visited Bushy House and Bushy Park with her husband, Robert Robertson FRS (1869-1949), who represented the Royal Society on the General Board and Executive Council of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) from 1925.
Bushy House has been the home of the NPL since 1900, when the Government allotted it for that purpose. The NPL was under the control of the Royal Society from 1900 until 1918.
Object history
Some of Lady Robertson’s inscriptions indicate that these illustrations were intended for Joseph Ernest Petavel (1873-1936), Director of the NPL in the 1930s, who later bequeathed them to the Royal Society.
Related fellows
Robert Robertson (1869 - 1949, British) , Chemist
Joseph Ernest Petavel (1873 - 1936, British) , Physicist
Joseph Ernest Petavel (1873 - 1936, British) , Physicist
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