Victorian Flower Gardens: No 12 - Softcover

Clayton-Payne, Andrew; Elliott, Brent

9780297830177: Victorian Flower Gardens: No 12

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0297830171 ISBN 13: 9780297830177

Publisher: George Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1988

Picturesque tumbledown cottages, their gardens ablaze with roses, delphiniums, and hollyhocks, inspired a whole generation of Victorian artists. 130 inspired works by painters such as Helen Allingham, Claude Strachan, and David Woodlock, along with forty others, compose a fascinating and splendid historical record of the flowers and features that characterized the Victorian English country garden. ."..a cornucopia of entrancing watercolors."--The Field "As happy a book as you are likely to meet."--Arts Review.

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About the Author:

Andrew Clayton-Payne was the Associate Director and Head of British Drawings and Watercolours at Christie's in London. He now runs his own company. He is author of the long-running best-seller Victorian Flower Gardens and is a regular contributor to magazines such as Collectors' Guide and Country Life.

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