Monday, August 29, 2016

Agostino Aglio's Trees and Forest Scenery

Agostino Aglio
Studies of Trees & Forest Scenery (title page)
1831
lithograph
British Museum

I like to imagine that at least some of the ancient and glorious British trees rendered by Agostino Aglio in 1831 might still be alive 185 years later. This is of course possible, though not perhaps very likely, and in any case there would be no possibility of identifying the specific trees involved. On the other hand, the gardens and parks where the artist found his stupendous subjects have not yet disappeared. They probably contain  if not any of these very trees  at least many reasonably similar trees.

Agostino Aglio
Sycamores
1831
lithograph
British Museum

Agostino Aglio
Tree at Woburn Abbey
1831
lithograph
British Museum

Agostino Aglio
Willow
1831
lithograph
British Museum

Agostino Aglio
Horse Chestnuts
1831
lithograph
British Museum

Agostino Aglio
Poplars
1831
lithograph
British Museum

Agostino Aglio
Elms
1831
lithograph
British Museum

Agostino Aglio
Trees in Kensington Gardens
1831
lithograph
British Museum

Agostino Aglio
Cypresses
1831
lithograph
British Museum

Agostino Aglio
Cypress
1831
lithograph
British Museum

Agostino Aglio
Ancient oak
1831
lithograph
British Museum

I am grateful to the British Museum for making these images available.