This tranquil forest scene was taken in Bidston Woods, located on the Wirral Peninsula, home to Birkenhead and across the River Mersey from Liverpool. Amateur photographer Margaret Goulding, possibly from Liverpool, was the spouse of E.M. Goulding, whose work can be found on this site. Very little biographical material could be found on either as of this writing. Because of the short comments by an unknown critic on the mount verso, this finished exhibition print may once have been entered into competition or exchange program for evaluation.

Mount card recto details: glued image onto cardstock mount; titled and signed Birch and Bracken and EM Goulding

Mount card verso details: signed EM Goulding in graphite, along with the following notations underneath:

AG39B/H  (?)

13 points
a little more depth on left side of picture would have given
more relief to Birch but why the moving?

slight foxing and staining to mount recto