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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.
A famished pilgrim saved by miracle. Page 5 of a 1902 edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet’s from the Portuguese. Helen Maitland Armstrong, illustrator. Collections of the Library of Congress. Sloan Foundation, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/sonnetsfromportu00brow/page/n5/mode/1up
To EDL these illustrations are dedicated. Page 8 of a 1902 edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet’s from the Portuguese. Helen Maitland Armstrong, illustrator. Collections of the Library of Congress. Sloan Foundation, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/sonnetsfromportu00brow/page/n8/mode/1up
Love is strong as death. Page 12 of a 1902 edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet’s from the Portuguese. Helen Maitland Armstrong, illustrator. Collections of the Library of Congress. Sloan Foundation, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/sonnetsfromportu00brow/page/n11/mode/1up
My spirit is thine, the better part of me. Page 21 of a 1902 edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet’s from the Portuguese. Helen Maitland Armstrong, illustrator. Collections of the Library of Congress. Sloan Foundation, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/sonnetsfromportu00brow/page/n21/mode/1up
Keep violets for the spring and love for youth. Page 26 of a 1902 edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnet’s from the Portuguese. Helen Maitland Armstrong, illustrator. Collections of the Library of Congress. Sloan Foundation, digitalizing sponsor. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/sonnetsfromportu00brow/page/n25/mode/1up
Not sure how accurate these are but very early.