Gardens Collection

Balloon designs by Charles & Robert and Montgolfier
Balloon designs by Charles and Robert (1, 5) and the Montgolfier Brothers (2, 3, 4). No. 3 ascended from Versailles. No. 4 ascended from the Chateau de la Muette. No

Balloon descent, Beuvri near Bethune, France
View of the Plaine de Beuvri (or Beuvry) near the town of Bethune in Artois, north of Paris

Balloon ascent from Prairie de Nesle, northern France
Balloon ascent by M Charles from the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, where it had landed after taking off from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, on 1 December 1783

Balloon descent, Chateau de Beuvri, France
Balloon descent by the Robert brothers and Colin Hullin in front of the Chateau de Beuvry, near Bethune. They had ascended from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, earlier the same day

Balloon descent, Prairie de Nesle, France
Balloon descent of Charles and Robert onto the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, surrounded by various witnesses, including an English gentleman, Mr Fares, who was the first to greet M Charles

Balloon ascent from the Tuilieries Gardens, Paris
Second balloon ascent, made from the Tuileries Gardens by Charles and Robert, watched by a crowd of spectators. 1 December 1783

Air balloon of Charles and Robert, Paris
The air balloon of Charles and Robert, exhibited in Paris, from where they ascended from the Tuileries Gardens. 1 December 1783

Balloon ascent from Tuileries Gardens, Paris
A balloon which ascended from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, on either 27 August or 1 December 1783. If on the earlier date, it may have been released without passengers, as a test run. 1783

Vauxhall Royal Balloon ascent
Vauxhall Royal Balloon, constructed by C Green, containing several people, ascending from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London. 9 September 1836

Balloon race, Green brothers
Scene during a balloon race between Charles Green and his brother, which began at the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London. Seen here is one balloon which has descended into slightly rough water

Balloon with parachute, tragic accident of Mr Cocking
The Royal Vauxhall Nassau Balloon with Mr Cockings Parachute attached as they ascended from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall. At the bottom are two sketches of the release hook. 24 July 1837

Ballooning celebration for Queen Victorias birthday
Front page of The Penny Satirist - A cheap substitute for a weekly Newspaper

Greens balloon ascent, Surrey Zoological Gardens

Balloons and ballooning scenes

Charles Green in the Coronation Balloon
An imaginary depiction of Charles Green on a horse, riding in the Coronation Balloon, in which he ascended from White Conduit Gardens, London. 13 August 1828

Return of a balloon, Paris
The ceremonial return of a balloon to Paris, with various people of distinction. Charles and Robert made the ascent from the Tuileries Gardens the previous day. 2 December 1783

Balloon ascent on Queen Victorias birthday

Balloon ascending with Sadler and Paget
A balloon ascending with Mr Sadler and Captain Paget of the Royal Navy from the gardens of the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, London, watched by a crowd of spectators. 12 August 1811

Garnerins balloons
Five illustrations of An exact representation of M. Garnerins Balloons with an accurate view of the ascent and descent of the parachute

Balloon event, Green and Cocking

Spectators of balloon ascent, Paris
Aux Amateurs de Physique, Vue d Optique

Handbill for balloon race, Green brothers
Handbill advertising a balloon race between Charles Green and his brother in two balloons, taking place from the Royal Gardens, Vauxhall, London, to celebrate the Queens birthday. 13 August 1835

Mr Grahams balloon ascent, Kew Bridge
Poster advertising Aerostation. Mr Grahams Sixteenth Ascent from the gardens of the Star & Garter Tavern, Kew Bridge, London. 4 April 1825

Robert Brothers in balloon over the Tuileries, Paris
The Robert Brothers and M. Collin-Hullin ascending in a large oval balloon from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris. 1784

Airship, the Eagle, on display in London
Engineering drawing of an airship, on display to the public at the Grounds of the Aeronautical Society, Victoria Road, opposite Kensington Gardens, London. With descriptive text below. 1835

Florence from the Boboli Gardens, Italy
View of Florence from the Boboli Gardens, Italy. late 19th century

Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens on Gala Night, 1804
Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens. Merrymakers seen gathered around the illuminated band stand. Date: 1804

Market garden produce
A selection of market vegetables including artichokes, displayed in baskets in front of greenhouses and vegetable plots. Date: c.1930

Eden Gardens, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. It is now used as a cricket ground. circa 1890s

Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan. circa 1890s

Gardens, Nikko, Japan

Gardens in Kobe, Japan. circa 1890s

London silhouettes Date: 1914

Cantonment Gardens, Rangoon, Burma (Myanmar)
Cantonment Gardens, Rangoon (Yangon), Burma (Myanmar). circa 1890s

Botanical Gardens, Ootacamund, Tamil Nadu, India
Government Botanical Gardens, Ootacamund (Udhagamandalam, Ooty), Tamil Nadu state, India. circa 1890s

Home Gardening magazine, January 1932
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring pictorial instructions for taking chrysanthemum cuttings. Date: 1932

Home Gardening magazine, November 1932
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine with an illustration suggesting pretty features to add your garden this autumn including a small pond with a heron statue, a bird house

Home Gardening magazine, December 1931
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring an overhead view of a garden, with a recommended plan for laying it out with a lawn in the middle

Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India. circa 1890s

Home Gardening magazine, October 1928
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a lady on plant up of bowl with bulbs. Advice on how to achieve good blooms and strong foliage is contained inside. Date: 1928

Home Gardening magazine, August 1932
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a display of Coonara poppies in differing hues

Home Gardening magazine, September 1932
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine advising readers to start planting their bulb bowls now in order to ensure a vibrant display of hyacinths indoors over winter. Date: 1932

Home Gardening magazine, December 1932
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a suggestion to build a rockery to add beauty to your garden. Make one now and it will be in full flower next year. Date: 1932

Home Gardening magazine, September 1928
Home Gardening magazine featuring a suggestion for the layout of a front garden the design of which was apparently specially prepared by one of the greatest authorities in the country

Home Gardening magazine, September 1929
Front cover of Home Gardening magazine featuring a young girl picking asters Iwhich, apparently, don t mind the dry summer) in a large garden. Date: 1929

The Winter Gardens, Royal Hotel, Great Yarmouth
Scene inside The Winter Gardens of the Royal Hotel, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, showing elegant people sitting at tables. early 20th century

Art Deco fountain
Gorgeous stylised art deco illustration, part of chocolate box packaging design, featuring a perfectly symmetrical garden which has at its centre a vertiginous fountain. c.1925

Scene in the Lounge, Prince of Wales Hotel, London
Scene in the Lounge of the Prince of Wales Hotel, De Vere Gardens, Kensington, London, with elegant people taking afternoon tea. early 20th century

The Pavilion, Bournemouth
A view of the interior of the Pavillion building in the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth circa 1905

Garden, Museum Quinta das Cruzes, Funchal, Madeira
View of the garden of the Museum Quinta das Cruzes (Manor Estate of the Crosses) in Funchal, Madeira, Portugal

Children in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris
Two girls and two boys in a sandpit in the Luxembourg Gardens, Paris. It must be cold weather, as the girls are wearing winter coats and hats. Date: 1955

Commemorative plate with balloon design

Charity event at Kew Gardens, west London, with people fishing for beer bottles. In the lower picture, a woman tries to get onto a wooden horse. circa 1920s

Garden landscape
Landscape scene of gardens with shed and trees; a somewhat sinister air

Botanical Sketchbook -- Common Tormentil. 1920s

The Round Pond angler in silhouette
A small child with a fishing net amuses himself at the Round Pond, Kensington Gardens, London. Date: 1926

Children in Kensington Gardens in silhouette
Charming scene showing two children in Kensington Gardens, London during the 1920s. Date: 1926

Street music: Accordian player in London
An elderly man plays the accordian before an audience of intrigued street children in St. Stephens Gardens in W2

The lobby and Mezzanine floor in the Morrison Hotel, Chicago, USA, 1920s Date: 1920s

A view of the Terrace Garden in the Morrison Hotel, Chicago
A view of the Terrace Garden in the Morrison Hotel, at Madison at Clark, Chicago, USA, 1920s. Regarded as Chicagos wonder restaurant. Date: 1920s

Woman and child in St Stephens Gardens
A middle aged woman, Mrs Bidgood, and a little girl, inside one of the flats in St Stephens Gardens, near Westbourne Grove, London. Date: 1961

Little boy at Kew Gardens with Canada Geese
A little boy at Kew Gardens, standing close to a group of Canada Geese. Date: circa 1970

Graffiti in St Stephens Gardens
Graffiti on a concrete wall in St Stephens Gardens, near Westbourne Grove, London. In black paint someone has painted a human eye and written " I LOVE ME". Date: 1958

The Palm House, Kew Gardens, London. Watercolour painting by Raymond Sheppard

Glasshouses at Bicton Park Botanical Gardens, Devon
Glasshouses at Bicton Park Botanical Gardens in the Otter Valley, East Devon. There are four glasshouses in total: the Palm House, the Tropical House, the Arid House and the Temperate House

Operagoers at Glyndebourne, Sussex
Operagoers stroll around the gardens at Glyndebourne, near Lewes, East Sussex, venue of the annual Glyndebourne Festival Opera since 1934

Old ladies chat in St Stephens Gardens
Two old ladies stand chatting outside a pub in St Stephens Gardens, near Westbourne Grove, London. A man in a flat cap leans against the wall, perhaps waiting for the pub to open. Date: 1958

St Stephens Gardens, London
A rainy day in St Stephens Gardens, near Westbourne Grove, London, at that time part of the Rachman empire of slum housing, but today a sought-after residential location. Date: 1957

Scene in Ebbw Vale, Gwent, South Wales
Scene in the town of Ebbw Vale (Glyn Ebwy), Gwent, South Wales, with housing on the right and a coal mine in the distance. Date: 1968

Bicton Park Botanical Gardens, Devon
View across the fountain at Bicton Park Botanical Gardens in the Otter Valley, East Devon. Date: 1967

Children in St Stephens Gardens
Children playing hand in hand in the roadway on a wet day in St Stephens Gardens, near Westbourne Grove, London. A little girl in the background holds up a tiny umbrella. Date: 1957

Young couple in St Stephens Gardens
A young couple stand chatting at the corner of St Stephens Gardens, near Westbourne Grove, London, watched by a little girl. Date: 1957

Tenants meeting, St Stephens Gardens
A tenants association meeting in St Stephens Gardens, near Westbourne Grove, London, in the year that the local slum landlord, Peter Rachman, died

Bognor Regis Gardens
The seating pavilion in the public gardens at Bognor Regis, Sussex, England. Date: early 1930s

Kensington Gardens
Raised flower beds in Kensington Gardens, London. Date: early 1930s

Girl and Ball Pool
A young girls plays in the ball pool at the Bicton Gardens play area, Devon. Date: 1993

Southend on Sea 1930S
The Pleasure Gardens at Southend on Sea, Essex, England. Date: early 1930s

Blowing Bubbles
A group of orphan children blowing bubbles around a table in the gardens of the Foundling Hospital, Guildford Street, London, England. Date: early 1930s

London Street 1957

Washing Line 1930S
Washing hanging on the line in the back gardens of cottages at Buckland, near Yelverton, South Devon, England. Date: early 1930s

Dig for Victory poster - WWII
World War Two poster encouraging British civilians to dig for victory, featuring somebody doing just that. Date: c.1940

Girl in a garden
A girl in a wide brimmed hat and 1920s drop waisted dress, walks along the pathway of an abundant floral garden with a watering can. Date: 1926

Entrance and gardens - Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo
The entrance and gardens of the Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo Date: 1920s

Lamp Post Larks
Mischievous little girls hanging from a lamp post, St. Stephens Gardens, London. Date: 1957

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