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Description: Improvements
TitleImprovements
Creator nameRepton, Humphry
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1816
Object typePrint
MaterialsUnknown
DimensionsUnknown
LocationAvery Architectural and Fine Arts Library, Columbia University, New York
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsPhilosophy of natureLand useLandscape gardening
StatusFrom "Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening" (London, 1816)
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Chapter VI. Wilderness, Wasteland, Garden
Vittoria Di Palma
Description: Wasteland: A History
Wasteland: A History
~In 1772, the architect William Chambers published a treatise entitled A Dissertation on Oriental Gardening, dedicating it to his patron, George III. Chambers’s fanciful description of Chinese gardens was intended to serve as a critique of the work of Capability Brown and his...
Author
Vittoria Di Palma
PublisherYale University Press
Copyright© 2014 by Vittoria Di Palma
Related print edition pages: pp.230-244
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00222.007
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-20684&redirecttoanchor=59091
Chapter subject tags:Land useSublime, The, in artWaste landsWilderness areasIndustrialization

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Description: Proposed scene for Babworth, from the Babworth Red Book
Proposed scene for Babworth, from the Babworth Red Book
Posted by:John Carlson
May 22
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Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1790
Object typePainting
Proposed scene for Babworth, from the...
Proposed scene for Babworth, from the Babworth Red Book
Description: From "Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening," 1794, facing p....
From "Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening," 1794, facing p. 18
Posted by:John Carlson
May 22
Creator nameRepton, Humphry
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
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Object typePrint
Materialsprint
LocationDumbarton Oaks, Washington DC
From "Sketches and Hints on Landscape...
From "Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening," 1794, facing p. 18
Description: Proposed View of London from the grounds of Brandsbury, Middlesex, Brandsbury Red...
Proposed View of London from the grounds of Brandsbury, Middlesex, Brandsbury Red Book, 1789, folio 13
Posted by:John Carlson
May 22
Creator nameRepton, Humphry
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
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Proposed View of London from the grounds...
Proposed View of London from the grounds of Brandsbury, Middlesex, Brandsbury Red Book, 1789, folio 13
Description: Inside front cover of the Red Book for Blaise Castle
Inside front cover of the Red Book for Blaise Castle
Posted by:John Carlson
May 22
Creator nameRepton, Humphry
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
Materialsprint
LocationBristol City Museums, United Kingdom
Inside front cover of the Red Book for...
Inside front cover of the Red Book for Blaise Castle
Description: Inside front cover of the Red Book for Blaise Castle
Inside front cover of the Red Book for Blaise Castle
Posted by:John Carlson
May 22
Creator nameRepton, Humphry
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Object typePrint
Materialsprint
LocationBristol City Museums, United Kingdom
Inside front cover of the Red Book for...
Inside front cover of the Red Book for Blaise Castle
Description: The "effect of a new house" in the landscape, Blaise Castle Red...
The "effect of a new house" in the landscape, Blaise Castle Red Book
Posted by:John Carlson
May 22
Creator nameRepton, Humphry
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
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LocationBristol City Museums, United Kingdom
The "effect of a new house" in the...
The "effect of a new house" in the landscape, Blaise Castle Red Book
Description: A Digger Manifesto; An Appeal to the House of Commons
A Digger Manifesto; An Appeal to the House of Commons
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1649
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationHenry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California
A Digger Manifesto; An Appeal to the...
A Digger Manifesto; An Appeal to the House of Commons
Description: Frontispiece to The English Improver Improved
Frontispiece to The English Improver Improved
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1652
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationHenry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California
Frontispiece to The English Improver...
Frontispiece to The English Improver Improved
Description: Shrewsbury and the River Severn
Shrewsbury and the River Severn
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1720
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions30 1/2 × 71 1/2 in. (77.5 × 181.6 cm)
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:759
Accession numberB1981.25.264
Shrewsbury and the River Severn
Shrewsbury and the River Severn
Description: A Distant View of Hythe Village and Church, Kent
A Distant View of Hythe Village and Church, Kent
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameNelson, Arthur
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1767
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on panel
Dimensions22 1/2 × 43 in. (57.2 × 109.2 cm)
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:1217
Accession numberB1982.3.1
A Distant View of Hythe Village and...
A Distant View of Hythe Village and Church, Kent
Description: Plan of Earl Manvers’s Estate in Laxton and Moorhouse
Plan of Earl Manvers’s Estate in Laxton and Moorhouse
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1862
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationManuscripts and Special Collections, The University of Nottingham, UK
Accession numberManvers Collection Ma 5420
Plan of Earl Manvers’s Estate in...
Plan of Earl Manvers’s Estate in Laxton and Moorhouse
Description: Wooded Landscape with a Cottage and Shepherd
Wooded Landscape with a Cottage and Shepherd
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameGainsborough, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1748–1750
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions17 × 21 3/8 in. (43.2 × 54.3 cm)
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:240
Accession numberB1976.2.1
Wooded Landscape with a Cottage and...
Wooded Landscape with a Cottage and Shepherd
Description: The Woodcutter’s Return
The Woodcutter’s Return
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameGainsborough, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1773
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
LocationBelvoir Castle, Belvoir NG32 1PE, United Kingdom
The Woodcutter’s Return
The Woodcutter’s Return
Description: Peat Bog, Scotland
Peat Bog, Scotland
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameTurner, Joseph Mallord William
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1808
Object typePainting
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Dimensions19 × 26.8 cm
LocationTate Britain, London
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/d08148
Accession numberD08148, Turner Bequest CXVII T
Peat Bog, Scotland
Peat Bog, Scotland
Description: The Gravel Diggers
The Gravel Diggers
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Nov 09
Creator nameMorland, George
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https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/01067
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The Gravel Diggers
The Gravel Diggers
Description: A Wooded Landscape with a Stream and a Fisherman
A Wooded Landscape with a Stream and a Fisherman
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameSmith, Thomas
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1749
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on copper
Dimensions4 7/8 × 7 1/8 in. (12.4 × 18.1 cm)
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:393
Accession numberB1976.7.190
A Wooded Landscape with a Stream and a...
A Wooded Landscape with a Stream and a Fisherman
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A Woman Gleaner
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LocationTate Britain, London
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A Woman Gleaner
A Woman Gleaner
Description: Winstanley
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Nov 09
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Winstanley
Description: Winstanley
Winstanley
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Nov 09
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Winstanley
Description: Wast Land’s Improvement
Wast Land’s Improvement
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Nov 09
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1653
Object typeBook/Manuscript
LocationBritish Library, London
Accession number104.g.34.(2)
Wast Land’s Improvement
Wast Land’s Improvement
Description: Plan of a model farm
Plan of a model farm
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Nov 09
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1653
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationWilliam Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, Los Angeles
Plan of a model farm
Plan of a model farm
Description: Frontispiece to Systema Agriculturæ
Frontispiece to Systema Agriculturæ
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Nov 09
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
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Creation date1669
Object typePrint
LocationWilliam Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, Los Angeles
Frontispiece to Systema...
Frontispiece to Systema Agriculturæ
Description: Frontispiece to The Second Part of Systema Agriculturæ, or the Mistery of...
Frontispiece to The Second Part of Systema Agriculturæ, or the Mistery of Husbandry & Vintetum Britanicum or Treatise of Cider
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Nov 09
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1689
Object typePrint
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Frontispiece to The Second Part of...
Frontispiece to The Second Part of Systema Agriculturæ, or the Mistery of Husbandry & Vintetum Britanicum or Treatise of Cider
Description: Frontispiece to Campania Fœlix: Or, A Discourse of the Benefits and...
Frontispiece to Campania Fœlix: Or, A Discourse of the Benefits and Improvements of Husbandry
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Nov 09
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
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LocationWilliam Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, Los Angeles
Frontispiece to Campania Fœlix:...
Frontispiece to Campania Fœlix: Or, A Discourse of the Benefits and Improvements of Husbandry
Description: Claremont: View of the Amphitheatre and Lake
Claremont: View of the Amphitheatre and Lake
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Nov 09
Creator rolePainter
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Object typePainting
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Claremont: View of the Amphitheatre and...
Claremont: View of the Amphitheatre and Lake
Description: Draft enclosure map for Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Draft enclosure map for Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
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Nov 09
Creator roleMapmaker
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Draft enclosure map for Kilnsea, East...
Draft enclosure map for Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire
Description: Frontispiece to chapter on fowling
Frontispiece to chapter on fowling
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer
Creation date1677
Object typePrint
LocationWilliam Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, Los Angeles
Frontispiece to chapter on fowling
Frontispiece to chapter on fowling
Description: Duck Island in St. James’s Park
Duck Island in St. James’s Park
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameKip, Johannes; Knijff, Leendert
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Creator roleMapmaker
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Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationHenry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery, San Marino, California
Duck Island in St. James’s Park
Duck Island in St. James’s Park
Description: The North Prospect of Hampton Court, Herefordshire
The North Prospect of Hampton Court, Herefordshire
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
Creator nameKnyff, Leonard
Creator nationality/cultureDutch
Creator rolePainter
Creation datec. 1699
Object typePainting
MaterialsOil on canvas
Dimensions58 3/8 × 84 3/8 in. (148.3 × 214.3 cm)
LocationYale Center for British Art, New Haven, Connecticut
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:877
Accession numberB1981.25.390
The North Prospect of Hampton Court,...
The North Prospect of Hampton Court, Herefordshire
Description: Plan of a garden with wildernesses and groves
Plan of a garden with wildernesses and groves
Posted by:John Carlson
Nov 09
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Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator roleMapmaker
Creation date1728
Object typeMap/Plan/Diagram
LocationWilliam Andrews Clark Memorial Library, UCLA, Los Angeles
Plan of a garden with wildernesses and...
Plan of a garden with wildernesses and groves
Description: Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica
Posted by:John Carlson
Apr 21
Creator nameNewton, Isaac
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher
Creation date1687
Object typeBook/Manuscript
Dimensions9 7/8 × 7 7/8 in. (25.2 × 20 cm)
LocationUniversity of Glasgow, University Library
http://collections.gla.ac.uk/#/details/enarratives/296
Accession numberHunterian Ec.1.15
Philosophiae naturalis principia...
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica
Description: Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, editio secunda auctior et emendatior
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, editio secunda auctior et emendatior
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Apr 21
Creator nameNewton, Isaac
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Object typeBook/Manuscript
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LocationUniversity of Glasgow, University Library
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Philosophiae naturalis principia...
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, editio secunda auctior et emendatior
Description: Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, editio tertia aucta et emendata
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, editio tertia aucta et emendata
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Creator nameNewton, Isaac
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Creation date1726
Object typeBook/Manuscript
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LocationUniversity of Glasgow, University Library
http://collections.gla.ac.uk/#/details/enarratives/466
Accession numberHunterian R.4.11
Philosophiae naturalis principia...
Philosophiae naturalis principia mathematica, editio tertia aucta et emendata

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