Published to coincide with an exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in September 2000, this book charts the relationship between women and gardens from the Elizabethan times to the present day. Packed with portraits, garden plans, engravings, watercolours and photographs, the book also features biographical information on major figures in the history of English horticulture, including Bess of Hardwick, Queen Charlotte, Frances Wolseley and Miriam Rothschild, while theme boxes provide additional bons mots on garden trends.
| ISBN | 1855142880 | | Pages | 176 | | ISBN13 | 9781855142886
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | National Portrait Gallery Publications | | Weight (grammes) | 862 | | Imprint | National Portrait Gallery Publications | | Published in | London | | Format | Hardback | | Height (mm) | 217 | | Publication date | 27 Oct 2000 | | Width (mm) | 217 | | DEWEY | 635.082 | | Spine width (mm) | 19 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, General |
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Introduction - escape to Eden; signs and symbols - the sixteenth and seventeenth century; allusion and illusion - the eighteenth century; Victorian values - the nineteenth century; education and emancipation - the early twentieth century; dreams and diversity - the twentieth century to the present day.
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