Oak Collection

HMS Royal Oak, British battleship
HMS Royal Oak, British Revenge class battleship. Date: circa 1918

Philemon and Baucis, two hospitable cottagers, ask the gods that they may die together, so P is turned into an oak tree and B to a linden, their branches intertwining

Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, Night
Hogarth, Four Times of the Day, 4. Night. In a narrow street leading to Charing Cross, with an equestrian statue of Charles I at the far end

English oak or pedunculate oak, Quercus robur (Quercus pedunculata). Chromolithograph after a botanical illustration by Walther Muller from Hermann Adolph Koehlers Medicinal Plants

Quercus suber, cork oak
Plate 35 from `Le Regne Vegetal. Vol 16 1871. Originally called Chene liege in this publication the Cork Oak tree is now know by the name (Quercus suber)

Common oak tree, Quercus robur. Handcoloured lithograph by Hanhart after a botanical illustration by David Blair from Robert Bentley and Henry Trimens Medicinal Plants, London, 1880

HMS Royal Oak, battleship, Revenge class. 1940s

New University, Selly Oak, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK. Date: circa 1910s

England cricket team of 1885
Cricketers of the England eleven of 1885, with W G Grace at the centre, surrounded by Barnes, Lyttelton, Shrewsbury, Gunn, Bates, Steel, Read, Peate, Barlow and Ulyett. 1885

Oracle of Zeus, Dodona
ZEUS / JUPITER DODONEUS whose oracle at Dodona was the oldest in Greece : the prophecies came from the sacred oak, which is depicted here as having human form

Dolls House of Petronella Dunois, c. 1676
Dolls House of Petronella Dunois (1650-1695), c. 1676. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland

Worlds Largest Living Christmas Tree - Wilmington
Worlds Largest Living Christmas Tree - Hilton Park, Wilmington, North Carolina, USA. A three hundred year old Live Oak tree lighted with 4000 bulbs - a popular toursit attraction in Wilmington

St Boniface / Sacred Oak
SAINT BONIFACE (Wynfryth, of Crediton) Bishop of Mainz, missionary and martyr in Germany, destroying the sacred oak of an ancient German god

British Forest Trees
A chart of British forest trees

Ye Royal Oak - Pimlico, London
Ye Royal Oak - pub on Elizabeth Street, Eaton Square, Belgravia, Pimlico, London

Carmarthen Ancient Oak
An ancient oak tree in the centre of Carmarthen, Carmarthenshire, Wales, which some believe was the birthplace of Merlin

Kings Norton Workhouse / Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham
An aerial view of Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham - the former Kings Norton Union workhouse and workhouse infirmary. The original workhouse building is at the left, just below centre

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Oak Lodge, Dropmore, Buckinghamshire
Oak Lodge, Dropmore, near the village of Burnham, Buckinghamshire, on Lord Grenvilles estate, built in the 19th century and clad with Renaissance wooden panels

The Royal Oak - Queen Victoria and descendents family tree
A spectacular family tree produced by The Illustrated London News to mark the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria in 1887. The beautifully drawn oak tree is hung with portraits of Victoria and Albert

Union Workhouse, Kings Norton, Worcestershire
Entrance to the Union workhouse on what is now Raddlebarn Road, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, south west of Birmingham. The building, designed by Edward Holmes, was opened in 1870

1887 Jubilee genealogical tree of Queen Victoria
Genealogical tree of Queen Victoria and her descendants, published in occasion of the 1887 Golden Jubilee. 1887

The Royal Oak Inn - Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire
The Royal Oak Inn - Station Road, Didcot, near Abingdon, Oxfordshire, England. Date: 1927

Huge Old Oak Tree C1912
Major Oak: a huge oak tree believed to be 1500 years old, with a 35 foot girth and 64 foot base

Royal Oak pub, Porchester Road, Bayswater, London
Royal Oak pub, Porchester Road, Bayswater, West London, with Hope Brothers on the right. Date: circa 1905

Royal Oak pub, Bayswater, London
Royal Oak pub, Bayswater, West London, with Hope Brothers on the right. circa 1905

Union Workhouse Infirmary, Kings Norton, Worcestershire
The pavilion-plan infirmary erected in 1897 adjacent to the Kings Norton Union workhouse on what is now Raddlebarn Road, Kings Norton, Worcestershire, south west of Birmingham

Oak Apple Day at Chelsea Hospital
Lord Roberts takes the salute of the Chelsea Pensioners as they march past the statue of Charles II, which is covered with oak branches in honour of Oak Apple Day

KETTs OAK
Ketts Oak, at Hethersett, Norfolk, England, the tree beneath which the tanner, Robert Kett, began his revolt in 1549

Photograph of Old Oak PH, Arlington, Sussex. The main side of the print (shown here) depicts: Left Face on view of the pub

A Woman standing in the trunk of the Major Oak, Sherwood Forest near Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire. According to local folklore, it was Robin Hoods shelter where he and his merry men slept

Isobel Swithinbank and pet dog at Denham Court
Isobel Swithinbank and pet dog by a thatched garden hut (part constructed from the stump of a large old oak tree) at Denham Court, Denham, near Uxbridge, Buckinghamshire

Stripping Oak Bark
Four working class men in flat caps work as a team, stripping bark off a huge oak tree, which has been felled for tanning

Quercus, oak
Plate 21 from The Shape, Skeleton and Foliage of Thirty two species of Trees, 1786 by A. Cozens. Originally issued in 1771

Quercus in amber
A male oak tree flower in Baltic amber with a length of 3.7 mm and dating from the Upper Eocene about 35 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule page 29 figure 86

SPAIN. Guernica. Spain (1909). Basque and Catalan nationalism. Meeting between the members of the Solidaritat Catalana and the Lliga Regionalista with the Liga Foral of Gipuzkoa under the oak of

Words by King Charles II
Poem written by King Charles II entitled I Pass All My Hours in a Shady Old Grove, accompanied by a stylised illustration of the Merry Monarch composing under the shade of an oak tree

Tunis, Tunisia - Hotel des Chenes
Hotel des Chenes (The Oaks Hotel) - Tunis, Tunisia

Table
Oval oak gateleg table made from oak, elm and red deal, with two hinged leaves on a joined frame, and a drawer at one end, made in England c.1675-1700. Date: c.1685-1700

Oliver Cromwell removing the mace from the Commons Chamber and dissolving the Rump Parliament in 1653. Behind him, a group of Roundheads arrest a cavalier. Take away that Bauble

Table
Draw-leaf table made from oak with carved friezes, made in England c.1600-1650. Date: c.1600-1650

King Charles II hiding up an oak tree in Boscobel Wood, after the Battle of Worcester, 1651. Parliamentarian or Roundhead soldier interrogate a local Royalist family. The Royal Oak

View of part of Duke Street, West Smithfield, 1807
View of part of Duke Street, formerly Duck Lane, West Smithfield, 1807. Tudor timber houses of oak, chestnut and plaster. Man on a ladder lighting a gas lantern

Tudor houses on the corner of Chancery Lane, Fleet Street, 1789. External specimen of the Grotesque Bracketed Front and Projecting Stories of the reign of Edward VI. Demolished 1799

Oak Knoll Lodge, Big Bear Lake, California, USA, in the snow. Date: circa 1920s

Frozen pond with back light, Church Eaton, Staffordshire, England Date: 2000

Brocton Coppice, Cannock Chase, Staffordshirre
A young man sits with his Jack Russell dog on a branch of one of the ancient sessile oak trees in Brocton Coppice, Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire, England

The Braydon Oak - Savernake Forest, Wiltshire - in the centre of the North Wessex Downs Date: 1907

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