An Oak Tree struck by Lightning in Dunham Park
John Boultbee (Osgathorpe 1753 – Liverpool 1812)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
16 Jul 1808 (signed and dated)
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
750 x 900 x 68 mm
Place of origin
Cheshire
Order this imageCollection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 932272
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, An Oak Tree struck by Lightning in Dunham Park by John Boultbee (Osgathorpe 1753 – Liverpool 1812), signed and dated 'J. Boultbee 1808'. An oak tree to the left destroyed by lightning, the pale interior timber exposed and picked out against a shadowy wood. The tree was located in the park at Dunham Massey and destroyed in a thunder story on 16th July 1808. See also NT 932271 which shows the same tree from the opposite standpoint.
Provenance
Bequeathed to the National Trust with the house, estate and all the contents of Dunham Massey by Roger Grey,10th Earl of Stamford (1896 - 1976)
Credit line
Dunham Massey, The Stamford Collection (National Trust)
Marks and inscriptions
(labelled)
Makers and roles
John Boultbee (Osgathorpe 1753 – Liverpool 1812), artist
