Tag Archives: penshurst

Ernest Arthur Rowe: Painting the Old English Garden

Posted on 08/12/2018 by The Gardens Trust

I’ve been surprised over the five years I’ve been writing this blog how much people enjoy reading about obscure [to the modern day at least] artists from the great golden age of gardening and garden painting. Posts on Beatrice Parsons … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Ashridge, Beatrice Parson, Berkeley Castle, George Elgood, Hampton Court, Hever, Levens Hall, Melbourne, Montacute, penshurst, Thomas Mawson | 6 Comments

Charles Essenhigh Corke

Posted on 23/04/2016 by The Gardens Trust

For garden and landscape historians some of the more obvious sources for knowledge of what a site was like, and how it has developed, are paintings and, more recently photographs. So it’s quite surprising that the name of Charles Essenhigh Corke is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bayham, kent, knole, National Trust, penshurst, photography, postcards, scotney, sevenoaks | 1 Comment

George Elgood: Enchantment of the highest order

Posted on 18/04/2015 by The Gardens Trust

This post is about George Elgood. Unless you have pored over old arthouse auction catalogues or spent time looking at watercolours on provincial gallery walls he’s someone you’ve probably never heard of. He might look a typically mildly eccentric Victorian gent but … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Alfred Austin, arley, Beatrice Parson, Bramham Park, Compton Wynyates, Dean Hole, George Elgood, Kellie Castle, Levens Hall, Losely Park, Lutyens, Melbourne, penshurst, Thomas Mawson, Victorian painters | Leave a comment

More heraldic beasts…

Posted on 01/11/2014 by The Gardens Trust

As I said at the end of my last post sets of heraldic beasts became rarer in Elizabethan times, as imagery became much more focussed on the queen herself. however there was a revival of interest in the early 19th century, and again … Continue reading →