Detail View: Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive: "A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America."
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Collection:
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Catena-Historic Gardens and Landscapes Archive
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Image No.:
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201375
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Title:
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"A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America."
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View:
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"Beaverwyck - the seat of Wm. P. Van Rensselaer, Esq." (Fig. 6) and "Cottage residence of Wm. H. Aspinwall, Esq." (Fig. 7)
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Dates:
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1856
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View Date:
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1856
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Location:
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N & C America--USA--New York--NY--New York
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Location Type:
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Creation
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Culture:
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American
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Period:
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Picturesque, the
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Creator:
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landscape architect
Downing, Andrew Jackson
1815-1852
American
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Measurements:
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21.1 x 13.3 cm
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Repository:
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New York, NY, USA, Private Collection, New York
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Category:
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Villas
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Work Type:
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Books
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Work Type:
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Treatises
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Work Description:
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576 pp. With a frontispiece portrait, seven plates and more than 100 illustrations in the text. 8vo., bound in original red cloth.
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Subjects:
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Hudson River (N.Y. and N.J.); Beaverwyck (Albany, N.Y.); Houses; Cottages; Classical revival; Gothic Revival; Roads; Forests; Carriages
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Work Notes:
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Published by A.O. Moore & Co., New York.
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Rights Type:
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fair use - These images are intended for research and educational use only. To obtain copyright permission for publication or other purposes, you must contact the copyright holder directly.
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