Chris Beetles Gallery

Walnut & Dogwood

Stanley Roy Badmin (1906-1989)

Price

£475

Signed

Signed with initials
Signed with initials and inscribed with title and 'Ladybird Book on Trees' below mount

Medium

Pencil and ink

Dimensions

8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches

Provenance

The Estate of S R Badmin

Illustrated

Preliminary drawing for Brian Vesey-Fitzgerald, The Ladybird Book of Trees, Loughborough: Wills & Hepworth, 1963, page 47

'The Walnut
The Walnut (the name means "foreign nut") was probably introduced into Britain by the Romans, but it was not cultivated in this country until the middle of the seventeenth century.... The timber is very valuable. Because all shades of brown are intermingled to give the most beautiful effects, it is much used in the making of fine furniture.
'The Dogwood
A native of the British Isles, and common in hedgerows and open woodlands in southern England, the Dogwood rarely attains the height of a true tree. Ten feet may be considered a good height ... The wood is not used nowadays. Once it was used for making skewers and goads for urging on animals, including dogs; hence the name Dogwood.'
The Ladybird Book of Trees, 1963, page 46