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Royal palaces & gardens (1916)

Nixon, Mima, illustrator, Calthrop, Dion Clayton, 1878-1937 · London: A. & C. Black, Ltd. · leaf 199

An illustration from Royal palaces & gardens, 1916, leaf 199
d the masses of colour, have asplendid effect, and this effect is intensified bythe green walls on both sides formed by theclosely trimmed trees; while here and there inalcoves of green, curiously made by carefullycutting the trees, stand marble statues of ancientGreek and Roman deities. Beside the… … The Gloriette, Schonbrunn THE GLORIETTE, SCHONBRUNN above the marble figures stretches a fine expanseof green on the hill which is surmounted by The Gloriette. This is a conspicuous object,as it stands on the summit of a hill jjj feethigh. It is in the form of a marble colonnade,built in the time…

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