1845
85M-01-314-Z-C-0406; Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Beecher - Emery, D. W., Box 2
GUSN-356137
Autograph letter from Andrew Jackson Downing to Wm. Bailey Lang, dated November 1845, regarding publication of Lang's Views, with Ground Plans, of the Highland Cottages at Roxbury [Mass.}
manuscripts (document genre)
letters (correspondence)
manuscripts (document genre)
letters (correspondence)
0.1 cubic feet (1 legal folder)
MS029
Miscellaneous manuscript collection
12/14/2016
MS029.002.008
Gift
Gift of Lorna Condon, 2016
Roxbury (Boston, Suffolk county, Massachusetts) [neighborhood]
Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)
Condon, Lorna (Donor)
manuscripts (document genre)
letters (correspondence)
O'Gorman, James F.
Downing, A.J.
Item
85M-01-314-Z-C-0406; Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Beecher - Emery, D. W., Box 2
Materials are in English
Donna E. Russo
Andrew Jackson Downing was a designer, horticulturist, and author. His publication on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening as well as collaborative essays with Alexander Jackson Davis in his magazine, The Horticulturist, made landscape gardenting popular among the middle and upper classes in the United States. Like Frederick Law Olmsted, Downing was a proponent of public green spaces where the population could enjoy nature.
Mr. Downing formed personal and career relationships with architects Calvert Vaux and Frederick Law Olmsted Sr. Downings writings influenced landscape gardening and landscape architecture.
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