186:
108:
201:
153:, for whom he provided illustrations. He regularly exhibited his art work from 1868 to 1919. He also artistically designed significant gardens mostly in England and some in Scotland and the United States. Parsons and his contemporaries believed that an artist could design better gardens. He won the Chantrey Bequest in 1887 and the published his book
213:
379:
As a designer of gardens, Parsons went into partnership in 1898 with
Captain Walter Croker St-Ives Partridge (1855—1924), as Parsons and Partridge of Newbury, Berkshire. In 1884 they took into the partnership Charles Clement Tudway (1846—1926). Parson's restorations of old gardens and designs of
299:
Was it there that Mr. Parsons learned so well how
Americans would like England to appear? ...The England of his pencil... is exactly the England that the American imagination, restricted to itself, constructs from the poets, the novelists, from all the delightful testimony it inherits".
33:
430:
185:
738:
844:
341:
Parsons' long-lasting association with the Anglo-American group centred in
Broadway, began in 1885, when Parsons and his London friends rented a house facing the Green, where
532:
316:. Several artists engraved Parsons' illustrations. As it was the custom, he never engraved himself. Parsons' first garden commission, however, came through the architect
869:
351:. Parsons first made a garden for himself and his friends at Russell House facing the Evesham road at the western entrance to Broadway, then a garden setting for
372:, published in two volumes between 1910 and 1914, includes 132 watercolours of roses painted by Parsons between 1890 and 1908, which are now held by the
939:
934:
835:
255:
Parsons, whose interest in "Englishness" paralleled the tastes of upper-class
American émigrés, joined the notable artistic community in the village of
924:
884:
919:
909:
672:
281:, with whom he collaborated in illustrated books. Through American contacts made while at the artists' colony he became an illustrator for
864:
158:
841:
645:
529:
874:
944:
914:
904:
325:
879:
507:.1 (Summer 2006:47-63), examines painterly effects in some gardens designed by Parsons for friends in the Broadway circle.
352:
929:
347:
233:
150:
889:
825:
713:
334:
312:(1881, the 1903-5th edition being the best one) led to Robinson's invitation for Parsons to lend advice at his
256:
174:
662:
305:
310:
The Wild Garden: Or, Our Groves and
Shrubberies Made Beautiful by the Naturalisation of Hardy Exotic Plants
146:
393:
381:
403:
He was elected
Associate Member of the Royal Academy (ARA) in 1897 and Royal Academician (RA) in 1911.
714:"CADW/ICOMOS Register of Landscapes, Parks and Gardens of Special Historic Interest in Wales: Brygarw"
442:
899:
894:
283:
268:
241:
342:
237:
278:
142:
803:
A Selection from the
Sonnets of William Wordsworth with numerous Illustrations by Alfred Parsons
608:
668:
641:
245:
131:
123:
107:
385:
200:
32:
848:
536:
397:
373:
295:
noted that Parson's images of
English country life mirrored the aspirations of Americans:
236:, and raised in London. After being educated privately, he started work as a clerk in the
135:
784:
775:
766:
613:
304:
The three men, Parsons, Millet and Abbey, lived together and entertained sociably at 54,
802:
400:, a reproduction black-and-white house, for which Parsons provided the garden in 1887.
388:, both in Wiltshire. Alfred Parsons and Walter Partridge also worked on the gardens at
365:
313:
264:
205:
162:
858:
793:
757:
389:
362:(London, 1895, reprinted) came from his visit to that country between 1892 and 1894.
249:
82:
497:
811:
703:(York : Institute of Advanced Architectural Studies, University of York) 1995.
500:(Worcestershire); Marion Mako, "Painting with nature in Broadway, Worcestershire",
355:
at Court Farm (1896 onwards) and later for himself, at
Luggershill (1903 onwards).
321:
288:
240:
in 1867. After two years, he left the unsuitable desk-job to pursue studies at the
229:
193:
90:
338:, roses and lilies, in a framework of clipped yews, wedding new and old elements.
622:
516:
317:
292:
273:
127:
86:
701:
Parsons, Partridge, Tudway: an unsuspected garden design partnership, 1884-1914
287:, and also provided illustrations for books – including short stories by
228:, Somerset, the son of Dr Joshua Parsons, a surgeon and dedicated gardener of
221:
173:
and for the last six years of his life took care of his roses at
Luggershill,
329:
260:
418:
376:
in London. Willmott also commissioned Parsons to paint her three gardens.
170:
717:
380:
sympathetic settings for old houses can be appreciated at 15th-century
212:
829:
678:
271:, who remained Parson's closest friend until he drowned aboard the
454:
Beckington Parish Register Baptism, Ancestry.co.uk (February 2017)
308:, London. William Robinson asked him to provide illustrations for
252:, where he exhibited every year from 1874 to the end of his life.
225:
211:
199:
184:
463:
Marion Mako, "Painting with nature in Broadway, Worcestershire",
126:(2 December 1847 – 16 January 1920) was an English artist:
332:": Parsons provided an unostentatious planting of spring bulbs,
618:
328:, prominent figures among the aesthetic-minded group called "
244:, and went on to exhibit at various galleries including the
358:
Parsons' fine illustrated book, his only published text,
739:
Royal Academy of Arts Collections; Alfred Parsons, R.A.
776:
The quiet life : certain verses by various hands
661:
Hobhouse and Wood, Penelope and Christopher (1988).
161:
in 1905, and among many other works, he illustrated
100:
78:
70:
58:
39:
23:
267:). His associates included the American artists
664:Painted Gardens. English Watercolours 1850-1914
640:. London: Pavilion Books Limited. p. 160.
141:Alfred Parsons was well known for his English
779:(New York : Harper & Brothers, 1890)
8:
488:Mako 2006: "The Cult of Englishness" pp48ff.
574:Parsons gave it up in 1914 (Mako 2006:59).
31:
20:
157:in 1896. Parsons became President of the
411:
870:English landscape and garden designers
826:23 artworks by or after Alfred Parsons
609:"Forgotten Gardeners – Ellen Willmott"
502:Journal of the Garden History Society
465:Journal of the Garden History Society
396:, Glamorganshire. An early essay was
353:Mary Anderson, Mrs Antonio de Navarro
7:
565:(June 1889), quoted in Mako 2006:49.
433:(Royal Academy of Arts Collections).
149:which brought him into contact with
636:Stuart Thomas, OBE, Graham (1987).
588:. London: John Murray. p. 304.
159:Society of Painters in Watercolours
470:.1 (Summer 2006:47-63), p. 47, 49.
190:When Nature painted all things gay
14:
940:20th-century English male artists
935:19th-century English male artists
667:. London: Pavilion. p. 208.
925:20th-century British printmakers
815:(Longmans, Green & Co. 1897)
557:James, "Our artists in Europe",
106:
751:Illustrated by Alfred Parsons:
885:British botanical illustrators
782:Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas.
291:and travel books (see below).
208:'s garden (private collection)
1:
920:20th-century English painters
910:19th-century English painters
761:(London: John Murray, 1883).
348:Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose
220:Alfred Parsons was born in
961:
865:English landscape painters
806:(Harper & Bros. 1890).
797:(Harper & Bros. 1895).
788:(Harper & Bros. 1892).
770:(Harper & Bros. 1889).
584:Robinson, William (1903).
114:
105:
96:
30:
767:Old Songs, with drawings
530:Illustrated Thomas Hardy
326:Mr and Mrs Percy Wyndham
242:Kensington School of Art
175:Broadway, Worcestershire
875:English watercolourists
147:botanical illustrations
945:20th-century engravers
335:Magnolia × soulangeana
302:
217:
209:
197:
121:Alfred William Parsons
44:Alfred William Parsons
915:English male painters
905:Artists from Somerset
809:Wordsworth, William.
800:Wordsworth, William.
785:The Warwickshire Avon
764:Abbey, Edwin Austin.
421:(gardenofpraise.com).
382:Great Chalfield Manor
297:
232:and correspondent of
215:
203:
188:
880:English illustrators
384:and at Elizabethan
320:, who was designing
269:Francis Davis Millet
755:Robinson, William.
681:on 6 September 2015
392:, 1899—1905 and at
343:John Singer Sargent
143:landscape paintings
930:Royal Academicians
851:(Bridgemanart.com)
847:2011-07-19 at the
720:on 31 October 2014
535:2010-04-08 at the
445:(British Library).
443:Parsons' biography
279:Edwin Austin Abbey
218:
210:
198:
890:English engravers
838:(RA Collections).
791:Parsons, Alfred.
674:978-1-85145-638-3
638:A Garden of Roses
617:. 30 March 2007.
559:Harper's Magazine
518:Harper's Magazine
324:in Wiltshire for
284:Harper's Magazine
246:Grosvenor Gallery
132:landscape painter
118:
117:
952:
773:Dobson, Austin.
741:
736:
730:
729:
727:
725:
716:. Archived from
710:
704:
699:Nicole Milette,
697:
691:
690:
688:
686:
677:. Archived from
658:
652:
651:
633:
627:
626:
605:
599:
596:
590:
589:
581:
575:
572:
566:
555:
549:
546:
540:
539:(Victorian Web).
527:
521:
514:
508:
495:
489:
486:
480:
477:
471:
461:
455:
452:
446:
440:
434:
428:
422:
416:
386:Littlecote House
234:William Robinson
169:. He was a keen
155:Notes From Japan
151:William Robinson
110:
65:
53:
51:
35:
21:
960:
959:
955:
954:
953:
951:
950:
949:
855:
854:
849:Wayback Machine
822:
758:The Wild Garden
749:
747:Further reading
744:
737:
733:
723:
721:
712:
711:
707:
698:
694:
684:
682:
675:
660:
659:
655:
648:
635:
634:
630:
607:
606:
602:
597:
593:
586:The Wild Garden
583:
582:
578:
573:
569:
556:
552:
547:
543:
537:Wayback Machine
528:
524:
515:
511:
496:
492:
487:
483:
478:
474:
462:
458:
453:
449:
441:
437:
429:
425:
417:
413:
409:
398:Wightwick Manor
374:Lindley Library
345:began painting
306:Bedford Gardens
204:Watercolour of
183:
136:garden designer
63:
62:16 January 1920
54:2 December 1847
49:
47:
46:
45:
26:
17:
16:English painter
12:
11:
5:
958:
956:
948:
947:
942:
937:
932:
927:
922:
917:
912:
907:
902:
897:
892:
887:
882:
877:
872:
867:
857:
856:
853:
852:
842:Alfred Parsons
839:
836:Alfred Parsons
833:
821:
820:External links
818:
817:
816:
807:
798:
794:Notes in Japan
789:
780:
771:
762:
748:
745:
743:
742:
731:
705:
692:
673:
653:
646:
628:
600:
591:
576:
567:
550:
541:
522:
509:
490:
481:
472:
456:
447:
435:
431:Orange Lillies
423:
410:
408:
405:
370:The Genus Rosa
366:Ellen Willmott
360:Notes in Japan
314:Gravetye Manor
265:Worcestershire
206:Ellen Willmott
182:
181:Life and works
179:
167:The Genus Rosa
163:Ellen Willmott
116:
115:
112:
111:
103:
102:
98:
97:
94:
93:
80:
79:Known for
76:
75:
72:
68:
67:
66:(aged 72)
60:
56:
55:
43:
41:
37:
36:
28:
27:
25:Alfred Parsons
24:
15:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
957:
946:
943:
941:
938:
936:
933:
931:
928:
926:
923:
921:
918:
916:
913:
911:
908:
906:
903:
901:
898:
896:
893:
891:
888:
886:
883:
881:
878:
876:
873:
871:
868:
866:
863:
862:
860:
850:
846:
843:
840:
837:
834:
831:
827:
824:
823:
819:
814:
813:
808:
805:
804:
799:
796:
795:
790:
787:
786:
781:
778:
777:
772:
769:
768:
763:
760:
759:
754:
753:
752:
746:
740:
735:
732:
719:
715:
709:
706:
702:
696:
693:
680:
676:
670:
666:
665:
657:
654:
649:
647:1-85145-059-9
643:
639:
632:
629:
624:
620:
616:
615:
610:
604:
601:
598:Mako 2006:52.
595:
592:
587:
580:
577:
571:
568:
564:
560:
554:
551:
545:
542:
538:
534:
531:
526:
523:
520:
519:
513:
510:
506:
503:
499:
494:
491:
485:
482:
479:Mako 2006:48.
476:
473:
469:
466:
460:
457:
451:
448:
444:
439:
436:
432:
427:
424:
420:
415:
412:
406:
404:
401:
399:
395:
391:
390:Welbeck Abbey
387:
383:
377:
375:
371:
367:
363:
361:
356:
354:
350:
349:
344:
339:
337:
336:
331:
327:
323:
319:
315:
311:
307:
301:
296:
294:
290:
286:
285:
280:
276:
275:
270:
266:
262:
258:
253:
251:
250:Royal Academy
247:
243:
239:
235:
231:
227:
223:
214:
207:
202:
195:
191:
187:
180:
178:
176:
172:
168:
164:
160:
156:
152:
148:
144:
139:
137:
133:
129:
125:
122:
113:
109:
104:
99:
95:
92:
88:
84:
81:
77:
73:
69:
61:
57:
42:
38:
34:
29:
22:
19:
828: at the
810:
801:
792:
783:
774:
765:
756:
750:
734:
722:. Retrieved
718:the original
708:
700:
695:
683:. Retrieved
679:the original
663:
656:
637:
631:
614:Woman's Hour
612:
603:
594:
585:
579:
570:
562:
558:
553:
544:
525:
517:
512:
504:
501:
493:
484:
475:
467:
464:
459:
450:
438:
426:
414:
402:
378:
369:
364:
359:
357:
346:
340:
333:
309:
303:
298:
289:Thomas Hardy
282:
272:
254:
219:
194:Tate Gallery
189:
166:
154:
140:
120:
119:
91:illustration
64:(1920-01-16)
18:
900:1847 births
895:1920 deaths
623:BBC Radio 4
548:In America.
318:Philip Webb
293:Henry James
238:Post Office
177:, England.
128:illustrator
87:watercolour
71:Nationality
859:Categories
812:Wordsworth
724:26 October
685:2 November
407:References
222:Beckington
50:1847-12-02
419:Biography
330:The Souls
261:Cotswolds
216:Rosa laxa
145:and fine
101:Signature
83:landscape
845:Archived
533:Archived
498:Broadway
394:Bryngarw
257:Broadway
248:and the
192:, 1887 (
171:gardener
277:, and
274:Titanic
259:in the
230:alpines
74:English
830:Art UK
671:
644:
322:Clouds
226:Frome
224:near
832:site
726:2011
687:2014
669:ISBN
642:ISBN
134:and
59:Died
40:Born
619:BBC
368:'s
165:'s
861::
621:.
611:.
563:79
561:,
505:34
468:34
138:.
130:,
124:RA
89:,
85:,
728:.
689:.
650:.
625:.
263:(
196:)
52:)
48:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
