Career in Forestry promotion material – Sketch portrait by D R MacGregor
This watercolour sketch was passed on from the family of Tom A Robbie who was the Forestry Training School principal at Glentress 1947-1953 and also at Faskally 1953-1955 and thereafter in Conservancy Office appointments in Scotland. The items were brought to the attention of Forestry Memories by Mairi McGeachy, Business Support Manager, Aberfoyle Office.
This appears to be a draft image for inclusion in a potential forestry career recruitment publication. Details are not known but it is assumed that this was drawn while Tom Robbie was still working in the forester training schools. This image of the forester in the distinctive red collared jacket with crowns and hefting a slasher (used for marking trees or dealing with brush wood) has a passing resemblance to Tom Robbie!
The assistance of readers to identify D R MacGregor and the period that this work was produced would be very much appreciated. Note that there are several follow on images depicting a number of typical supervision tasks that a forester might be expected to be involved in during the course of his duties – forest nursery work, fencing, measuring and marking trees for thinning. See Picture Numbers 5352 to 5356 for the full set.
The PDF below is of another sketch where the forester is shown with jacket off measuring the girth of some trees within a standing crop of stylised trees.
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