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 59
stom for the gods and goddesses of antiquity todisplay their manly strengtlr and womanly beauty in Englishgardens, and several well-known figures after Canova andother artists may be seen in our pictures. In the greatEmperors Walk, twelve marble busts of the Cssars, upontall pedestals, with sombre… … THE FLORAL lERRACE. differentma n n e r ,adorned withthe busts ofthe CsEsars.Nesfield, thegardener, wasa remarkableman, who,after fightinghis countrysbattles as asubaltern ofthe 95th inthe Peninsulaand Canada,became anartist and anexcellent ex-ponent of theold water-colour school,and thenturned…
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