Illustrations of trees in 19th century landscapes

Engraving from ‘Voyage fait par ordre de l’impératrice de Russie Catherine II.’ by Martin Sauer. Paris, 1802.

Etch from ‘Reize door Frankrijk, in gemeenzame brieven.’ by Adriaan van der Willigen. Haarlem, 1805.

Engravings, all coloured by hand, from ‘Swiss Scenery from drawings by Major Cockburn.’ London, 1820.

Soft ground etch from ‘Sketches representing the Native Tribes, Animals, and Scenery of Southern Africa.’ by Samuel Daniell. London, 1820.
Without the trees in the background, the scene would have became a bit dull.

Lithograph from ‘Voyage à Méroé.’ by Frédéric Cailliaud. Paris, 1823.

Lithograph from ‘Travels in Egypt and Nubia, Syria, and Asia Minor.’ by Charles Leonard Irby. London, 1823.

Lithograph from ‘Chateaux et Monumens des Pays-Bas.’ by Mr. De Cloet. Brussels, 1829.

Lithograph, coloured by hand, from ‘Ansichten von Missions-Niederlassungen der evangelischen Brüder-Gemeinde.’ by L. Stobwasser. Basel, 1830.

Aquatint from ‘Travels through the Crimea, Turkey, and Egypt.’ by James Webster. London, 1830.

Lithograph from ‘Views in India.’ by capt. Bellew. London, 1833.

Lithograph from ‘Voyage dans la Régence d’Alger.’ by C. Rozet. Paris, 1833.

Steel engravings from ‘The picturesque beauties of the Hudson River and its vicinity.’ by Samuel L. Knapp. New York, 1835.

Tinted lithograph from ‘Voyage de la Syrie.’ by Léon, comte de Laborde. Paris, 1837.

Lithograph, coloured by hand, from ‘Afbeeldingen van het Heilige Land.’ by J.M. Bernatz. Amsterdam, 1839.

Tinted lithograph from ‘Esquisses Africaines, dessinées pendant un voyage à Alger.’ by Carl Adolf Otth. Bern, 1839.

Baxter process colour plate from ‘Missionary labours and scenes in Southern Africa.’ by Robert Moffat. London, 1842.

Lithograph from ‘Oud-Nederland in de uit vroegere dagen, overgeblevene Burgen en Kasteelen.’ by Robidé van der Aa. Nijmegen, 1846.

Tinted Lithograph from ‘Voyage de S.A.R. Monseigneur le Duc de Montpensier à Tunis.’ by André Louis de Sinety. Paris 1847.

Tinted lithograph from ‘Lettres sur l’Inde’ by prince Alexis Soltykoff. Paris, 1848.

Tinted lithograph from ‘Life, Scenery, and Customs in Sierra Leone and the Gambia.’ by Thomas Eyre Poole. London, 1850.

Tinted lithograph from ‘Habitants de l’Inde.’ by prince Alexis Soltykoff. Paris 1853.
Although this picture only shows the trunks of some trees, these are essential for the impression it makes on the viewer.

Tinted lithograph, coloured by hand, from ‘Scenes in Kafirland’. Anonymous. London, 1854.

Tinted lithograph from ‘The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt & Nubia.’ by David Roberts. London, 1855.

Tinted lithograph from ‘Travels, researches and missionary labours’ by Dr. J. Lewis Krapf. London, 1860.

Chromotypograph from ‘Das heilige land und die heiligen Stätten.’ by Dr. J.A. Messmer. Munich, 1860.

Woodcut from ‘Recollections of Tartar Steppes and their Inhabitants.’ by Mrs, Atkinson. London, 1863.

Tinted lithograph from ‘La Guadeloupe pittoresque.’ by Armand Budan. Paris, 1863.

Tinted lithographs, coloured by hand, from ‘Chaumont. Croquis d’après nature.’ by F. Landry. Neuchâtel, 1869.

Lithograph from ‘Iets anders.’ by P.J. Andriessen. Deventer, 1871.

Charcoil from ‘Le Caire et la Haute Egypte,’ by Florian Pharaon. Paris, 1872.

Chromolithograph from ‘De Wereldbol.’ by J.B. Rietstap. Groningen, 1872.

Woodcut from ‘Scenery of the Pacific Railways and Colorado.’ by William H. Rideing. New York, 1878.

Phototype from ‘Haute-Egypte et Nubie.’ by Pascal Sébah. n.p., n.d. but late 1870’s or early 1880’s.

Chromolithograph from ‘Six Aquarelles from the Rockies.’ by Stanley Llewellyn Wood. Denver, 1891.

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