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- in keeping with the recommendations of Langley, whose treatises were owned by Washington. The texts of Langley and Miller exemplify the gradual shift away80 KB (11,541 words) - 13:25, April 12, 2021
- marked by b. Batty Langley, “An Improvement of a beautiful Garden at Twickenham,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. IX. Batty Langley, One of two “Designs146 KB (20,921 words) - 14:54, August 13, 2021
- landscape aesthetics in the early 18th century. In 1728, English writer Batty Langley discouraged the use of embroidery, compartiment, or cut-work parterres by62 KB (8,610 words) - 10:50, April 6, 2021
- Batty Langley, “An Improvement of a beautiful Garden at Twickenham,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. IX. “Canals X and Z” Batty Langley, One32 KB (4,191 words) - 10:41, April 6, 2021
- Thaxter-Lincoln House, 18th century. Batty Langley, Garden with a canal, in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. IV. Batty Langley, “An Improvement of a beautiful89 KB (11,855 words) - 18:59, August 10, 2021
- etc...” Batty Langley, “Design of an Avenue with its Wildernesses on each Side,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. V. Batty Langley, “Several Designs40 KB (5,678 words) - 17:24, August 19, 2021
- provided a transition between the built architecture and the grounds, as Batty Langley, Bernard M'Mahon, John Abercrombie, and A. J. Downing all noted. The terrace72 KB (10,105 words) - 19:45, August 10, 2021
- Praising the merits of turf had a long tradition in treatise writing. Batty Langley (1728) included several unadorned “parterres of grass” in his designs, noting108 KB (14,954 words) - 15:38, August 13, 2021
- fronting the House; the execution of which was prevented by Sir John’s Death.” Langley, Batty, 1728, New Principles of Gardening (1728; repr., 1982: 195) “General80 KB (11,249 words) - 19:23, August 12, 2021
- Batty Langley, “All the Geometrical Diagrams of the Problems contain'd in the first Part,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. I. Batty Langley, The61 KB (8,699 words) - 13:31, April 12, 2021
- mentioned the statue as an ornament and set forth varied typologies. Batty Langley (1728), for example, categorized statues according to their arrangement60 KB (7,896 words) - 19:37, August 12, 2021
- particularly necessary where the Scituation [sic] of a House is on a large Flat.” Langley, Batty, 1728, New Principles of Gardening (1728; repr., 1982: vi–vii, 195–99)21 KB (2,805 words) - 16:21, April 1, 2021
- will tell.” Batty Langley, “Design of a Small Garden Situated in a Park,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. XII. Batty Langley, “Part of a Park87 KB (12,484 words) - 13:27, April 12, 2021
- Philbuds and Berberries, to make it still the more compleat and delightful.” Langley, Batty, 1728, New Principles of Gardening (1728: vii–ix, xiii) “Plate III88 KB (12,511 words) - 20:49, March 29, 2021
- pl. 10. Batty Langley, “Several Designs for Wildernesses and Labyrinths,” in New Principles of Gardening (1728), pl. VII. Batty Langley, “An Improvement35 KB (4,352 words) - 09:47, March 4, 2021
- the overflow of this fountain, or from a filtering drain from the canal.” Langley, Batty, 1728, New Principles of Gardening (1728; repr., 1982: 195–202) “General28 KB (3,634 words) - 15:51, April 8, 2021
- descending from the Chinese temple to the walk which borders the pond.” Batty Langley, “Frontispieces of Trellis Work for the Entrances into Temples of View,44 KB (5,866 words) - 14:29, April 1, 2021
- either of these conditions to the present one, beautiful as it may be?” Langley, Batty, 1728, New Principles of Gardening (1728; repr., 1982: XIV) We having31 KB (4,281 words) - 17:44, February 3, 2021
- incorporation of agricultural features into ornamental contexts: Batty Langley (1728) recommended “Little Walks by purling streams in Meadows” as “delightful31 KB (4,224 words) - 18:49, August 12, 2021
- wooden post-and-lintel type, to stone-arched piazzas depicted by Batty Langley [Fig. 3] and mentioned in 1839 at Laurel Hill Cemetery in Philadelphia (view57 KB (7,617 words) - 13:34, April 1, 2021