ID 1073296
Lot 18 | Edward Adveno Brooke | The gardens of England. London, 1857. “deluxe” edition, with plates finished by hand
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The gardens of England. London: T. McLean, 1857
FIRST EDITION, folio (553 x 456mm.), lithograph title and dedication, 16 plain lithographic vignettes on mounted India paper, 26 FINE CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED PLATES (including the title page), as called for, ALL FINISHED BY HAND, and all except the title page mounted in imitation of watercolours on their original card mounts with an ink-ruled border and handwritten title in a fine calligraphic hand, extra-illustrated with a plate by Brooke of an Italian garden, similarly mounted, expertly bound to style in dark green straight-grained morocco gilt, some toning to mounts
THE UNCOMMON DELUXE EDITION WITH THE PLATES FINISHED BY HAND and mounted in imitation of watercolours. The chromolithographs are based on Brooke’s drawings, painted from life over a period of years.
The publisher’s preface notes, “The preparation of the original drawings required that the artist should be upon the spot wherever it was desirable to proceed—and this not for a mere casual visit or a hurried sketch, but for the purpose of patient and careful labour. Thus, Mr. Brooke has spent several summers in undivided attention to the views contained in this volume. Not satisfied with first or second studies, he has made repeated visits to each locality, and is enabled, therefore, to offer drawings which are correct and faithful in all their details”.
As Elliott notes, while the eighteenth century saw “the gradual increase in the number of books specialising in the depiction of famous gardens,” it was not until Gardens of England that “the portrayal of gardens was augmented by colour printing.” Dr David Marsh of the UK Gardens Trust declares that the plates here “show an innate sense of place, coupled with a romantic, even theatrical streak. It’s no wonder they’re regarded as some of, if not the, best evocations of the spirit of great Victorian gardens.” In the preface, the publishers rightly claim that the present work is “pre-eminent for scenic effect, magnificent decoration, and scientific achievement”. Marsh notes that “Brooke was recording trendsetting gardens that influenced fashion for the next 50 years… [The book’s] pictures are clear, precise and very carefully delineated in a way which was to go out of fashion probably within 30 years”.
Nineteen stately homes are also pictured, among them Castle Howard, Wilton House, Bowood House, Alton Towers, Holkham House, and Humphrey Repton’s masterpiece, Woburn Abbey. Trentham Hall, home of the Duchess of Sutherland (to whom the work is dedicated), is the star of the show, the gardens designed by Capability Brown, with additions by Charles Barry, featured here in five colour plates and one black-and-white lithograph. As Penelope Hobhouse said in Painted Gardens, for Brooke “style is everything.”
Little is known of Brooke (1821-1910), except that he painted primarily landscapes, and exhibited his work at galleries, including at the Royal Academy, between 1844-64. This is his only illustrated book. The additional plate of an Italian garden at the end of our volume, not called-for or mentioned in the bibliographies, suggests that perhaps another work—of Italian or Continental gardens, perhaps—was considered but never came to fruition.
| Artiste: | Edward Adveno Brooke (1821 - 1910) |
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Impressions, graphiques, livres |
| Artiste: | Edward Adveno Brooke (1821 - 1910) |
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| Catégorie maison de vente aux enchères: | Impressions, graphiques, livres |
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