Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Eyres, Patrick
Title:
On the spot : the Yorkshire Red Books of Humphry Repton, landscape gardener / Patrick Eyres and Karen Lynch.
Published / Created:
[Leeds] : New Arcadian Press, 2018.

©2018
Physical Description:
ix, 197 pages : colour illustrations, maps, plans ; 30 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The Yorkshire Commissions and Red Books of Humphry Repton / Karen Lynch. 1. Wentworth Woodhouse and the Red Book, 1791-94 : Wentworth House in Yorkshire, A Seat of the Right Hon:ble Earl Fitzwilliam -- 2. Rudding Hall and the lost Red Book, 1791 -- 3. Owston Hall and the Red Book, 1793 : Ouston (sic) in Yorkshire, A Seat of Bryan Cooke Esq:r -- 4. Bessacre Manor and the lost Red Book, 1793 -- 5. Mulgrave Castle and the Red Book, 1793 : Mulgrave in Yorkshire, A Seat of The Right Hon:ble Lord Mulgrave -- 6. Harewood House and the reconstructed Red Book, 1800 -- 7. Langold and the lost Red Book, 1806 -- Oulton Hall and the Red Book, 1810 : Oulton near Leeds in Yorkshire, A Seat of John Blayds Esq.r -- 9. Armley House and the Red Book, 1810 : Armley House near Leeds in Yorkshire, A Seat of Benjamin Gott Esq.r -- 10. Welton and Esholt : Humphry Repton and Peacock's Polite Repository -- The talented Mr Repton : conflict, culture and contradiction in the Yorkshire Red Books / Patrick Eyres. I. The Red Books and publications of Humphry Repton, professional consultant -- II. The Rockingham Monument, Portland Whigs and aristocratic benevolence -- III. The gentlemen-merchants of Leeds at Oulton Hall and Armsley House -- IV. Epilogue : the influence of Humphry Repton on the poet-gardener, Ian Hamilton Finlay.
Subject Terms:
Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818. Red books of Humphry Repton. | Gardens -- England -- Yorkshire. | Landscape gardening -- England -- Yorkshire. | Red books of Humphry Repton (Repton, Humphry) | Gardens. | Landscape gardening. | England -- Yorkshire.
Contributors:
Lynch, Karen, 1963-, author of Noble propects: Capability Brown and the Yorkshire landscape.