Lancelot Brown and the Capability Men. Landscape revolution in eighteenth century England
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- Author(s) Brown, David, & Tom Williamson
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 2016
- Pages 352pp; illus
- Publisher Reaktion
- Place Published London
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- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Deals inter alia with the nature and organisation of Brown's business - a 'complex business that could supply clients with a whole design 'package', which included new greenhouses, kitchen gardens and land drainage schemes' - and 'draws ... comparisons with similar providers of 'taste'', eg the Adam brothers, Thomas Chippendale and Josiah Wedgwood