An English Arcadia, 1600-1990: Designs for Gardens and Garden Buildings in the Care of the National TrustGervase Jackson-Stops Architectural advisor to the British National Trust, Gervase Jackson- Stops, has compiled over 100 drawings, watercolors, and engravings by the designers of park and garden features located on, or designed for, Trust property. Many of the well reproduced illustrations are in color, and in some cases are juxtaposed with photographs showing the present appearance. The accompanying articles discuss both the illustration and the feature. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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arch architect architectural avenue beds Belton Belton House Blickling Hall bridge Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire County Museum built Cambridgeshire Capability Brown cascade Castle Drogo central century Charles Bridgeman Claremont Cliveden conservatory drawing Dudmaston Earl east engraving Erddig flower garden formal garden fountain garden buildings Gothic Green ground plan ha-ha Hardwicke Hill Humphry Repton ink and wash ink and watercolour Jackson-Stops James John Adey John Adey Repton John Claude Nattes Kedleston Kent's Lady lake landscape gardener later lawn layout Literature London Lord Lutyens National Trust Nattes Norfolk Northumberland Nostell Nostell Priory orangery original painted Park parterre pavilion pencil picturesque planting pond proposed Red Book Robert Rothley Scale Seat seen shown shows side Signed and dated sketch Snowshill south front stone Stourhead Stowe style survives Temple terrace Thomas Tower trees Vanbrugh's vista walk wall Wallington wash Inscribed Watermark West Wycombe William Wimpole Hall
References to this book
The Familiar Past?: Archaeologies of Later Historical Britain Sarah Tarlow,Susie West No preview available - 1999 |