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The Wizard Earl & his miniature conundrum

Posted on 21/11/2020 by The Gardens Trust

This painting has intrigued me since I first saw it, and I’ve included it in lectures on both Elizabethan gardens and art history, for reasons that I hope will soon become apparent.  The sitter [or rather the recliner] is Henry … Continue reading →

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The Pagoda at Chanteloup

Posted on 29/02/2020 by The Gardens Trust

If I asked you to think of a pagoda in  a European garden I suspect your automatic reaction would be to think of the one at Kew. But there is another, perhaps inspired by it, in an imposing position in … Continue reading →

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A Triple Portrait

Posted on 18/01/2020 by The Gardens Trust

I often get asked to lecture about gardens and landscapes in art, and although I like talking about pictures that people probably don’t know, I always like to include one that everybody thinks they know very well but actually probably … Continue reading →

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Christmas with the Vicar and some Naked Ladies

Posted on 21/12/2019 by The Gardens Trust

Scratching my head for something suitably seasonal, and having previously looked at poinsettia and mistletoe but reluctant to do the obvious like Christmas Trees, holly or ivy, it occurred to me that very little has been written about Naked Ladies…. … Continue reading →

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Beatrice Parsons : Queen of the blazing border….

Posted on 08/11/2014 by The Gardens Trust

Go on admit it…you’ve never heard of Beatrice Parsons.  But believe it or not a century ago she was one of the leading garden painters in Britain, with many exhibitions to her credit, and her pictures collected by fashionable society, including … Continue reading →

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