Building towers, forming gardens : landscaping by Hamilton, Hoare and Beckford / Christopher Thacker.
Published / Created:
London : St. Barnabas Press, 2002.
Physical Description:
126 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Roger W. Moss.
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"Designed by Humphrey Stone and printed by BAS Printers, Ltd., Over Wallop, Stockbridge, Hampshire. Limited edition of 150 copies ... signed on the half title page by Richard Shirley Smith. A set of the four engravings [1989; Bain nos. 285-288] signed and numbered 71/150 contained in a chemise. Color reproductions of four commissioned illustrations by Shirley Smith tipped in. Endpapers reproduce the 1823 map of the Fonthill estate. Bound in patterned yellow book cloth designed by Shirley Smith."--Moss.
Subject Terms:
Beckford, William, 1760–1844. | Hamilton, Charles, 1704–1786. | Hoare, Henry, 1705–1785. | Landscape design -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century. | Gardens -- England -- History -- 18th century. | St. Barnabus Press -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:
Wood engravings -- 2002.
Contributors:
Shirley Smith, Richard, ill. | Moss, Roger W., 1940– former owner.