The Stylish House: 1856 to 1881

Identifier3.34279

TypePhotographic image

DescriptionA version of an illustration from Reading the Landscape, Chapter 13: "The Stylish House or Fashions as an Ecological Factor," depicting a home and its landscaped yard. This illustration shows the view of the house and yard during the mid- to late-19th century.

Text and images from top to bottom, left to right:

• Jonathan and Patience / and / David / John / Paul / Daniel / Ruth / Rachel / and / Rover / and / Dobbin 
• 1856 / to / 1881
• [sketch of a hanging lamp]
• [drawing showing a bird's-eye view of the house and grounds surrounded by a fence, including the following plants and trees:]
  • elderberry
  • Richmond cherry
  • box elder
  • wild plum
  • mint
  • rhubarb
  • maiden blush
  • sweet bough
  • russet apple
  • Damson plums
  • Ailanthus
  • tawny day lily
  • feverfew
  • flags
  • pinks
  • bleeding heart
  • red peony
  • Johnny-jump-ups
  • sweet shrub
  • crimson rambler
  • lily of the valley
  • white pine
  • Harison's yellow rose
  • snowball bush
  • white lilac
  • cabbage rose
• [sketches of two vases with flowers to the right of the illustration]

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