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James Benwell Aged 82.

James Benwell Aged 82.of the Physic Gardens, Oxford.

A. Burt del. J. Skelton sculp.
Published Nov.r 1st 1817 by J. Skelton, St Aldates, Oxford.
Rare etching, on chine collé. 315 x 245mm (12½ x 9¾"). Cut into chine collé at bottom right.
John Benwell (c.1735-1819), Head Gardener of the Oxford Physic Gardens, standing with a bag of leaves suspended from a hoe over his shoulder. The garden's Black Pine tree, the garden's largest tree and J.R.R. Tolkien's favourite, was planted as a sapling by Benwell in 1800.
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