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Herbaceous Border, planting yew at west end

 
Accession number GP 24-25
Alternative title Mrs. Yew soon after planting, Herbaceous Border west end
Photographer
Garden Area
Herbaceous Border
Date
1929
Measurements
7.75 x 9.75 inches
Materials/Techniques
photographic print
Work types
photographs
black & white photographs
photographic prints

Description

Three copies in collection:

Copy 1 with cream colored border, 9.75 x 7.75 inches. On verso: Typewritten label: "Herbaceous Border, view looking east, spring 1929." Handwritten in pencil: "#223 Mrs. Yew soon after planting, Herbaceous Border w[est] end, Spring 1929" ; "B-161."

Copy 2 with black border, 10.0 x 7.75 inches. On verso: Handwritten in pencil: "Herbaceous Border, planting yew at west end, Spring 1929."

Copy 3 with no border, 9.25 x 7.0 inches. On verso: Typewritten label: "Herbaceous Border, view looking east, spring 1929." Handwritten in pencil: "Yew soon after planting, Herbaceous Border, w[est] end, 1929" ; "B-161, Dup."

#223 on copy 1 refers to number of photograph in The Bliss Album of Garden Photographs. Photographs attributed to Stewart Brothers Photographers taken around 1929-1932.

Subjects

yews
shrubs
trees
steps (stair units)
Planting (Plant culture)
walls
lattices
black-and-white photographs
photographs
 

Collection

Dumbarton Oaks Garden Archives
 

Repository

Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Rare Book Collection
Dumbarton Oaks, Washington (D.C.)
Accession number GP 24-25
Alternative title Mrs. Yew soon after planting, Herbaceous Border west end
Photographer
Garden Area
Herbaceous Border
Date
1929
Measurements
7.75 x 9.75 inches
Materials/Techniques
photographic print
Work types
photographs
black & white photographs
photographic prints

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