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HEAVEN AS A GARDENHeaven depicted as a walled garden, with the Virgin Mary reading a book, saints, an angel, a monkey and a dead dragon Date: 15th century
Armenian Jerusalem sage, Phlomis armeniaca. Handcoloured copperplate engraving after J.T. Hart from John Lindley and Robert Sweets Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery, G. Willis, London, 1854
Harlequin flower, Sparaxis variegata (Variegated flowered synnotia, Synnotia variegata). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Weddell after Edwin Dalton Smith from John Lindley
Madagascar periwinkle, Catharanthus roseus (Vinca rosea). Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Sansom after an illustration by Sydenham Edwards rom William Curtis Botanical Magazine, London, 1793
The Glasgow Garden Festival preparationsA photographer takes pictures from a cherry picker of the construction and preparartion for the Glasgow Garden Festival in 1988. The Daily Telegraph Date: 1988
John Derry, Supermarine test pilot, at the 1947 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at Radlett on 14 September. Date: 1947
Arthurs Seat Hotel, Sea Point, Cape Town, South AfricaArthurs Seat Hotel and Grounds, Sea Point, a suburb of Cape Town, South Africa. Date: circa 1930
Portrait of a Couple, c. 1622, by Frans Hals (c. 1582-1666)Frans Hals (c. 1582-1666). Dutch painter. Portrait of a Couple, probably Isaac Abrahamsz Massa and Beatrix van der Laen, c. 1622. Rijksmuseum. Amsterdam. Holland
Oldway Mansion, Paignton, Devon, in the style of the Palace of Versailles. Showing part of the formal gardens. Date: circa 1950s
Alice in Wonderland, Alice and Red QueenAlice in Wonderland, Alice meets the Red Queen at the croquet game. Date: early 20th century
Paragon Park, Nantasket Beach, Massachusetts, USANight view of Paragon Park and the Schlitz Palm Garden, Nantasket Beach, Hull, Massachusetts, USA. Date: circa 1908
Vintage seed packet: CosmosA beautiful Cosmos seed packet from the Burts Seeds Company, New York. Date: c. 1910
OUDS: The Tempest at Worcester College, 1949A midsummer diversion in an Oxford garden: the Oxford University Drama Societys production of Shakespeares The Tempest in the grounds of Worcester College, 1949
Victorian family group - Rodbourne House, WiltshireA Victorian family group and servants pose in the garden of Rodbourne House, St Paul Malmesbury Without, Wiltshire. This fine house was the home of the Hungerford Pollens who had an active interest
The Elements (Water), by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760)
The Garden of Earthly Delights. Central panel of the triptycBosch, Hieronymus Van Aeken, called (1450-1516). The Garden of Earthly Delights. Central panel of the triptych
Mount Kenya from The Outspan, NyeriView of Mount Kenya, painted from The Outspan, Nyeri. circa 1930s
Garden of Mounton House, Chepstow, Gwent, WalesA view of the garden of Mounton House in Chepstow, Gwent, Wales, with different coloured tulips in separate flowerbeds
Winston Churchill posing in the garden of the White HouseWinston Churchill, British Prime Minister, posing hte the grounds of the White House, Washington, dressed in his siren suit. Churchill was in the USA for a meeting with Franklin D
Borley RectoryThe garden front of the rectory, a year after the fire
Samuel Johnson / ThraleDR SAMUEL JOHNSON Home of the writers friend, Mr Thrale, at Streatham, London: Johnson himself is seen with Mrs Hester Thrale, chatting in the garden
Rossetti / Family GroupPoet and artist, Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-1882), with his sister Christina, his brother William Michael, and their mother in a photograph by Lewis Carroll (Rev CL Dodgson), 1863
Covent Garden 1905Covent Garden : horse-drawn carts and wagons arrive, piled high with fruit and vegetables for the dining tables of London
The Apple by Kay Nielsen. A very pale Pierrot sits in a fantasy Garden of Eden holding up an apple picked from the tree behind, around which a snake is coiled... Date: 1932
Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West AfricaFourah Bay College, Mount Aureol, Freetown, Sierra Leone, West Africa. Founded in 1827 by the Church Missionary Society as an Anglican missionary school, it is the oldest university in West Africa
Woman on a 1938 Ariel motorcycleWoman on a 1938 Ariel 500cc motorcycle in garden circa 1938
Hayley Mills in The Chalk GardenThe young British actress Hayley Mills (b.1946) during the filming of The Chalk Garden, released in 1964. Date: 1963-1964
Wordsworth / Old RectoryWILLIAM WORDSWORTH English poets home from 1811 to 1813, The Old Rectory, which was demolished in the 1890s Date: 1770 - 1850
Suffragette W. S. P. U Pinner Constance LyttonSuffragette W.S.P.U Pinner Constance Lytton. The Pinner, Middlesex, branch of the Womens Social and Political Union, captioned on reverse, W.S.P.U Garden Party given by Mr. & Mrs
Little girl carrying a doll by Muriel DawsonA little girl in a green dress, carrying a doll, by Muriel Dawson. Date: circa 1920s
Member of the Womens Land Army, WW2A member of the Womens Land Army (land girl) during the Second World War, standing by a garden gate. Date: 1942
Papaver (Poppy), two varietiesTwo varieties of Papaver (Poppy) -- Papaver flore pleno rubrum (Double Red) and Papaver Eraticum rubrum (Wild Red), drawn by Basilius Besler (1561-1629)
A Boeing 377-10-28 Stratocruiser G-ALSD Cassiopeia of BOAA Boeing 377-10-28 Stratocruiser, G-ALSD, Cassiopeia, of BOAC at the 1954 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at London Airport. Date: 1954
Erithacus rubecula, European robinAn European robin (Erithacus rubecula) in flight, U.K. Photographed by Frank Greenaway
Her Nosegay by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a red dress and white bonnet holds a posy of flowers. 1937
La Saison des Papillons by NickCharming illustration by Nick showing a young woman in a perfectly coordinated 1920s outfit with cloche hat, clasping her hands in delight as she looks a butterflies flitting in the air
Princess Elizabeth of York at y Bwthyn bach to GwelltPrincess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret of York seated on the steps of their own miniature house at the Royal Lodge, Windsor
Cinderella running away from the ball as midnight strikes. 20th century
Restaurant Frascati, LondonThe Winter Garden in Restaurant Frascati, Oxford Street, London Date: 1910
Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Nursery RhymeMary, Mary, quite contrary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells, and cockle shells, And pretty maids all in a row
Union Workhouse, Thame, OxfordshireA view of the Thame Union workhouse from one of its internal yards with the workhouse chapel in the background. Posed for the photographer are what appear to be the workhouse master (standing)
Garden of Sleep at Cromer, NorfolkThe Garden of Sleep at Cromer, Norfolk - The Church Tower of St Michael and All Angels at Sidestrand. The Tower eventually fell over the eroding cliffs in 1915/16
Tulips in a garden fair by Florence HardyTulips in a garden fair. A young couple kiss in a garden full of tulips
Union Workhouse, Wincanton, SomersetThe Wincanton Union workhouse, Somerset, with extensive vegetable gardens in front which were cultivated by the workhouse inmates. The workhouse opened in 1838 and was designed by George Wilkinson
Prince Henry of Prussia and familyPrince Henry (Heinrich) of Prussia (1862-1929) in their garden at Hemmelmark near Eckernforde in 1927: (l to r) Prince Sigismund, his mother Princess Irene (formerly Princess Irene of Hesse)
Selfridges Roof Garden Restaurant, London, 1910Illustration showing the diners at Selfridges department stores roof garden restaurant, London, 1910
Pin-Up in Gold MulesSmiling blonde, wearing a white camisole top, a bold floral print skirt, a lace petticoat and gold peep-toe mules, shows a leg as she squats by a garden pond
Nelson / BirthplaceHORATIO LORD NELSON English naval officers birthplace at Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, six miles from North Walsham