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The gardens at Trentham Hall, seat of the Duke of Sutherland. 1858. Taken from Edward Adveno Brooke’s “The Gardens of England”. Printed in London by T. M. McLean.
The trellis window, Trentham Hall gardens; The seat of His Grace the Duke of Sutherland. Page 5 of Edward Adveno Brooke’s The Gardens of England which was published in 1858. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gardensEngland00Broo/page/n5/mode/1upThe lake Trentham Hall gardens; The seat of His Grace the Duke of Sutherland. Page 22 of Edward Adveno Brooke’s The Gardens of England which was published in 1858. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gardensEngland00Broo/page/n22/mode/1upThe terrace Trentham Hall gardens; The seat of His Grace the Duke of Sutherland. Page 24 of Edward Adveno Brooke’s The Gardens of England which was published in 1858. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gardensEngland00Broo/page/n24/mode/1upThe parterre Trentham Hall gardens; The seat of His Grace the Duke of Sutherland. Page 24 of Edward Adveno Brooke’s The Gardens of England which was published in 1858. Collections of the Smithsonian Libraries. Biodiversity Heritage Library, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gardensEngland00Broo/page/5/mode/1up
Trentham Hall is an estate in Stoke-On-Trent in Staffordshire, England. It was one of the estates of the Duke of Sutherland. It was abandoned in 1905 after sewage and effluent from nearby potteries polluted the Trent River which fed the lake in the early 20th century, making life at the hall unpleasant. Most of it was demolished in 1912 but the gardens remain, probably not looking exactly like this.
Edward Adveno Brooke (1821–1910) appears to primarily have been a landscape painter who strayed into the realm of painting gardens.
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