The Rebel Tree, Clifton

I was asked to draw the Rebel Tree in Clifton by a friend. Here are a few images of the process.

Clifton is said to be the site of the last battle on English soil: 1745 between the English army and the Jacobites. Underneath the tree’s spreading branches is a plain stone slab, with a very weathered brass plaque on it that reads, “Here lie buried the men of the army of Prince Charles who fell at Clifton Moor, 18 December 1745”.