‘“GREEN DALE CABINET.” 37 
this, and the other engravings of the series, that I shall have to 
draw attention in reference to the cabinet upon which they are 
reproduced. 
The engravings form a series of five folio plates, etched upon 
copper by George Vertue for the Countess of Oxford, to whom 
Welbeck belonged. They are of extreme interest, and of con- 
siderable rarity. I have myself, for the first time they have ever 
been re-produced, had them reduced by the never-failing photo- 
relief process from the prints themselves, so that they are literally 
line for line and touch for touch, the very etchings themselves as 
they left the engraver’s hands more than a century and half ago ; 
but of a reduced size; and I have great pleasure in thus adding 
them to my present paper. 
The first plate of the series is a ground plan of dat part of the 
Welbeck property where the Green-Dale Oak stands. In the 
centre is represented the ground plan of the tree in dark shade, 
with the opening in a lighter tint, and the dimensions marked thus— 
12 fee,” “10 feet,” “6 feet ;” and on the surrounding map, 
“* Foot Path.” “ The Road” “to Welbeck” and “Path Way” are 
all accurately laid down and marked, as is also the situation 
of “A small Oke 4 Feet diameter,” not far away. At the side of 
the plan are the monogram and coronet of the Countess (Henrietta 
Cavendish Holles, Countess of Oxford and Mortimer), and her 
motto, “Virtue et Fide ;’ at the top, on a roll, in six lines, the 
words, “A PLAN of the GREAT OKE call’d The Green Dale 
Oke in the Lane near Welbeck in Nottingham Shire ;’ and at the 
bottom, on the base of a pillar, “ Zhe Arch cut thro the Tree 
10 Feet 2 Inches high.” ‘These Draughts taken 31 August 
1727,” and the initials G.V.f' of the engraver, George Vertue. 
The plan is enclosed in an ornamental border, with corner 
and other pieces composed of oak leaves and acorns. This 
highly interesting print I have had re-produced from the original 
plate in the manner I have before spoken of, and here introduce 
it on the next page. 
