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84 L. Corbett With Wallace’s head and date 1795. Lent by W. Meikle. Displayed in case 4 East Gallery of the Glasgow Exhibition of 1911 – catalogue entry 104 – note also 1689 above. (Donnelly) 1805 From The Beauties of Scotland edited by R. O. Forsyth, 1806, 5 volumes, in the Stirlingshire chapter vol. 3 pp381-490 is this quote p405-6 – “In this county are many coppices,.used as such past all memory … Torwood … remains of the Caledonian Forest … some oaks rise to a great size. The most noted tree in the whole district was Wallace’s oak, in the middle of the famous Torwood. This tree, which when entire neasured 12 feet diameter, afforded … a seasonable shelter, in an hour of danger, to the hero whose name it bears, and company of his brave attendants, strugling for the independance of their country. A few small decaying fragments only are all the remains that are now to be seen of this venerable oak; and even these will soon be eradicated from the Torwood, as the virtuosi in several parts of the kingdom are picking them all up, and forming them into various devices, for the glorious memory of the ever-celebrated Wallace.” (Howie and LC) 1812 Wallace Oak snuff box … in the Queen’s Royal Collections, Frogmore House, Windsor … ref 54349. This small oval box is one of three presentations made to the Prince Regent (later King George IV) in June 1812 at Carlton House London, by John Russell of Falkirk (1745-1817), the Royal Watchmaker of Scotland. This was his recognition and thanks for the Prince’s keen interest and commissions. A gold plate on the lid has this inscription – “To His Royal Highness the Prince Regent This Box made from the Celebrated Wallaces Tree in the Torwood Stirlingshire Containing Wheat found in a Vault of the Roman Wall of Grahams Dyke at Castle Cary and is supposed to have lain there for upwards of 1400 years Is presented with the most profound respect by John Russell Watchmaker for Scotland To His Royal Highness” (Forrester, L.C., and Calatria 9, 1996, 90-91)
Wallace Oak: Supplement 85 1814 At the inauguration of the first public statue of Wallace (the Dryburgh) (7), commissioned by the Earl of Buchan (see 1792 above), the Provost of Stirling could not attend but sent to the Earl ‘a staff made from the Wallace Oak’. (King … 1-SAGM 6/96.11) 1815 Quaich of wood, mounted in silver; a plate inside engraved with Wallace’s tree and “Tor Wood 1294” “To the immortal memory of Sir William Wallace, the ill requited hero of his native land.” Four silver shields (one lost) applied to the outside, one has date 1815. Encircling grooves decorate the outside. Two handles or lugs. H 1 5 ⁄8 in., diam. with lugs 4 1 ⁄8 in. Scottish, early 19th cent. (Noel Paton Collection.) … 1905-1009.” This is the index entry in the Royal Museum of Scotland as reported by Godfrey Evans to an inquiry by Colin Forrester in 1985. (Forrester, and LC) 1817 Quote from the second edition of Nimmo’s History of Stirlingshire edited by McGregor Stirling, p 170, about the Wallace Oak – “…the remaining stump is no less than 11 to 12 feet in diameter … it stand supon a summit of a small eminance, which is surrounded on all sides by a swamp. A rugged causeway runs from the south through the swamp, and leads up to the tree. Some other vestiges of the stonework are discernable, surrounding the tree in a circular form, and lending to the conjecture, that the oak is of very high antiquity … and … that being much frequented by Druidical priests among whom the oak was sacred, the causeway having been laid for their approach to it, and the performance , underneath its branches, of religeous rites”. (McCutcheon) 1810-20 estimated A painting ‘The Blasted Oak, Torwood Forest near Stirling’. Oil on board laid down on canvas, by the Reverend John Thomson of Duddingston (1778- 1840) – Recently acquired by the Smith Art Gallery and Museum. (King)
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