Humphry Repton

A definitive survey of the glorious British
landscapes designed by Humphry Repton, whose
influence is felt everywhere from the rolling
meadows and kitchen gardens of English estates
to New York City’s Central Park.
Widely acknowledged as the last great landscape
designer of the eighteenth century, Humphry Repton
created work that survives as a bridge between the
picturesque theory of Capability Brown and the
pastoral philosophy of Frederick Law Olmsted.
By turns inspired by and in opposition to the grandeur
of Brown’s estates, Repton’s contribution to the
British landscape encompassed a tremendous range,
from subtle adjustments that emphasized the natural
features of the countryside to deliberate interventions
that challenged the notion of the picturesque.
This remarkable book explores 15 of Repton’s most
celebrated landscapes—from the early maturity of his
gardens at Courteenhall and Mulgrave Castle to more
adventurous landscapes at Stanage, Brightling, and
Endsleigh that would point the way toward how we
envision parkland today.
With photography by Joe Cornish commissioned
specially for the book, and including reproductions of
key illustrations and plans for garden design from the
famous red books that shed light on Repton’s vision
and process, this book illuminates some of Britain’s
most beautiful gardens and parks—and the masterful
mind behind their creation.