Gardens, old and new; the country house & its garden environment (1900)
Leyland, John, 1857?-1924, ed, Tipping, H. Avray (Henry Avray), 1855-1933, ed, Country Life Limited · London, The Offices of "Country life illustrated": George Newnes, Ltd., New York : Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 285
and quality make it the fitting vehicle for fine artisiicexpression. Now the statuary in this material at Leighton Hallis by eminentartists, and inpose, lovely con-tour of limb, andexcellent model-1 i ng is mostexcellent v/orkof the sculptorshand. TheVenus and Cupidbelow the eastterraces in… … BOYS OF BRONZB. and admirable. The vases also are bronze, and are mostbeautifully wrought. There is nothing more difficult than toplace sculpture well in a garden, but the success at LeightonHall is complete, and very few gardens can boast of suchadmirable statuary. At the east end of the garden…
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