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The horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste, August 1846, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 56-57
A double-page spread from the August 1846 issue of Downing's Horticulturist, titled 'A New Vinery at Blithewood,' and featuring Robert Donaldson's Blithewood.
Seclusion
The sculpture was created as part of Bassler's senior project at Bard College, and at the time replaced an earlier floral fountain that had fallen into disrepair. "Seclusion" was removed from Blithewood during its restoration in the early 1990s. She…
The Bard College Newletter, Perspectives, Vol. 125, No. 3
In the 1986 issue of the Bard College Bulletin, Perspectives, Blithewood Garden was featured on the cover. Inside, an article by the well-known garden writer Tovah Martin was illustrated with color photographs by Geoffrey Martin. Blithewood Garden is…
The New Gate Lodge at Blithewood
This image is an enlargement of an engraving of the Blithewood Gatehouse designed by A.J. Davis from an edition of A.J. Downing’s Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Rural Architecture and Landscape Gardening. Interestingly, Downing describes…
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Whaleback
This building known as the Whaleback has been owned twice by Bard. Early in the 20th century, it was a student dormitory, (see:…