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View from the cottage of Humphry Repton at Hare Street, Essex, after proposed alterations
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SOURCE: Humphry Repton. Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening (London, 1816), after p. 232
Forcing garden in winter
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SOURCE: Humphry Repton. Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening (London, 1816), before p. 169 NOTES: The aquatint plates in the book are almost certainly all engraved from drawings made by Humphry Repton or his son, John Adey Repton.
Red House, Bexleyheath, London
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NOTES: Philip Webb designed the building for his friend the artist William Morris, but Morris was responsible for the interior decoration.
Palazzo Borromeo, Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore: view of the garden
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NOTES: Palazzo Borromeo was commissioned by Carlo III in 1632 and dedicated to his wife Isabella D'Adda, from whom the island takes its name. Construction of the house and design of its gardens was entrusted to Angelo Crivelli and completed by Carlo Fontana. The gardens were inaugurated in 1671.
Palazzo Borromeo, Isola Bella, Lago Maggiore: view of the garden, lake and mountains beyond
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NOTES: Palazzo Borromeo was commissioned by Carlo III in 1632 and dedicated to his wife Isabella D'Adda, from whom the island takes its name. Construction of the house and design of its gardens was entrusted to Angelo Crivelli and completed by Carlo Fontana. The gardens were inaugurated in 1671.
First Terrace and Fountain of the Moors, Villa Lante, Bagnaia, Lazio
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NOTES: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola designed the villa and the gardens while Tommaso Chiruchi of Siena was the specialist in hydraulics who engineered all the water features.
