Richard Woods (1715-1793): Master of the Pleasure Garden

by Fiona Cowell

Book Overview

First full biography of Richard Woods, the landscape designer, examining his work and restoring him to the attention he merits.

A contemporary of the famous landscape designer Capability Brown, Richard Woods has never received the recognition he deserves: in contrast to Brown, he emphasised the pleasure ground and kitchen garden, with a more pronounced use of flowers than was general among the landscape improvers of his time. He liked variety...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1783274328
• ISBN13: 9781783274321
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: Boydell Press
• Length: 311 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.4" x 6.7"