Exterior of Donaldson's Blithewood

Romantic (modern European styles ); Picturesque, the

Annandale-on-Hudson, Dutchess, New York, United States; Hudson River, United States

Donaldson, Robert, 1800-1872

This engraving served as the frontispiece for Andrew Jackson Downing’s Treatise on Landscape Gardening and Rural Architecture. This shows the exterior of Donaldson’s Blithewood. The house faced the river and featured a broad, trellised porch that expanded the living area of the house, and brought people outside to enjoy the beauty of the landscape.

Gothic Revival

Bard College

ca. 1841

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