Main entry:

Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818.

Title & Author:

On the spot : the Yorkshire Red Books of Humphry Repton, landscape gardener / Patrick Eyres and Karen Lynch.

Publication:

[Leeds] : New Arcadian Press, 2018.
©2018

Description:

197 pages : colour illustrations, maps, plans ; 30 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.

Summary:

The nine Yorkshire commissions of Humphrey Repton spanned the twenty years between 1790 and 1810. Patrick Eyes and Karen Lynch enlarge the knowledge of his landscape gardening in Yorkshire in general, by offering new insights into these commissions, and, in particular, by reproducing the six extant Red Books that he produced for patrons in the country. Repton is renowned for creating the Red Book, which was his innovatory and unique mode of presenting design proposals in the form of an exquisite, one-off artwork exclusively for his patron. The term 'Red Books' is also used generically to embrace Repton's collective output of reports, whether bound in red Morocco leather or not.

ISBN:

1526207370
9781526207371

Subject:

Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818. Red books of Humphry Repton.
Red books of Humphry Repton (Repton, Humphry)
Gardens England Yorkshire.
Landscape gardening England Yorkshire.
Jardins Angleterre Yorkshire.
Jardins Architecture Angleterre Yorkshire.
Gardens.
Landscape gardening.
England Yorkshire.
Landscaping.
Horticulture.

Added entries:

Eyres, Patrick.
Lynch, Karen, author of Noble propects: Capability Brown and the Yorkshire landscape
Eyres, Patrick author, editor.
Lynch, Karen, 1963- author, editor.
New Arcadian Press.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 302035
Call No.: BIB 248254
Status: Available