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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…
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…
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 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.
Detail of elevation blueprint for the Blithewood Garden
Design for formal garden, Residence of Andrew Zabriskie, Esq., Barrytown-on-Hudson, NY
Detail of elevation blueprint for the Blithewood Garden
Design for formal garden, Residence of Andrew Zabriskie, Esq., Barrytown-on-Hudson, NY
Blithewood Garden, Bard College, general view
Located on the grounds of Bard College, Blithewood is a walled Italianate garden. The garden and adjacent mansion were designed by Francis L. V. Hoppin, of the architectural firm Hoppin & Koen for Captain Andrew C. Zabriskie and his wife, Frances…
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Lease fragment, land of Pieter Van Benthuysen
Photo of hand written fragment of an indenture, partial date of 1747?, between Pieter Van Benthuysen and Johannis [sic] Staet, of Dutchess County,…