Lawns Collection (#3)

Tennis: Backhand Drive, Mme Outratova (colour litho)
8657486 Tennis: Backhand Drive, Mme Outratova (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Backhand Drive, Mme Outratova)

Tennis: Backhand Drive, Mme Mathieu (colour litho)
8657482 Tennis: Backhand Drive, Mme Mathieu (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Backhand Drive, Mme Mathieu)

Tennis: Forehand Drive, Miss K E Stammers (colour litho)
8657478 Tennis: Forehand Drive, Miss K E Stammers (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Forehand Drive, Miss K E Stammers)

Tennis: Low Forehand Drive, C E Malfroy (colour litho)
8657475 Tennis: Low Forehand Drive, C E Malfroy (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Low Forehand Drive, C E Malfroy)

Tennis: Forehand Drive, Miss Nellie Adamson (colour litho)
8657473 Tennis: Forehand Drive, Miss Nellie Adamson (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Forehand Drive, Miss Nellie Adamson)

Tennis: Running Forehand Drive, Senorita A Lizana (colour litho)
8657472 Tennis: Running Forehand Drive, Senorita A Lizana (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Running Forehand Drive, Senorita A Lizana)

Tennis: Service, F J Perry (colour litho)
8657466 Tennis: Service, F J Perry (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Service, F J Perry)

Glazebrook Viaduct, South Devon, c.1850 (hand coloured lithograph on paper)
7426819 Glazebrook Viaduct, South Devon, c.1850 (hand coloured lithograph on paper); 20x30 cm; Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust, Telford, Shropshire

Cows in a Field (oil on canvas)
XOS5874120 Cows in a Field (oil on canvas) by Inness, George Snr. (1825-94); 45.3x66 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: By George Inness)

Rocky Landscape (w/c with ink and charcoal)
8696798 Rocky Landscape (w/c with ink and charcoal) by Cabanel, Alexandre (1823-89); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts, USA; (add.info.: By Alexandre Cabanel)

Letter A: lamb, c.1920 (print)
DUV4205903 Letter A: lamb, c.1920 (print); 15.5x24.5 cm; (add.info.: image from "The alphabet of Mimi" Illustrations by J. M. Porta. 8 pages.); Photo © Duvallon

Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho)
8630775 Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho) by Foster, William (1852-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho)
8630714 Page from The Bible Emblem Anniversary Book (colour litho) by Foster, William (1852-1924); Private Collection; (add.info)

The Hydro, Scarborough (colour litho)
8635836 The Hydro, Scarborough (colour litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Hydro, West Bank, Falsgrave, Scarborough, Yorkshire)

Girl fascinated by a beetle (colour litho)
8641352 Girl fascinated by a beetle (colour litho) by Barnes, Robert (1840-95); Private Collection; (add.info.: Girl fascinated by a beetle)

Man smoking a pipe after a tennis match (engraving)
8631569 Man smoking a pipe after a tennis match (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Man smoking a pipe after a tennis match)

A morning walk, Piccadilly (engraving)
8646964 A morning walk, Piccadilly (engraving) by Almond, William Douglas (1866-1916); Private Collection; (add.info.: A morning walk, Piccadilly. Piccadilly, London)

On the Lawn, Melbourne Cup (engraving)
8648123 On the Lawn, Melbourne Cup (engraving) by Australian School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: On the Lawn, Melbourne Cup)

Humorous cat postcard (colour litho)
8643330 Humorous cat postcard (colour litho) by Thiele, Carl Robert Arthur (1860-1936); Private Collection; (add.info.: Humorous cat postcard)

Tennis: Two-Handed Backhand, V McGrath (colour litho)
8657513 Tennis: Two-Handed Backhand, V McGrath (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Two-Handed Backhand, V McGrath)

Tennis: Half-Volley, D Budge (colour litho)
8657505 Tennis: Half-Volley, D Budge (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Half-Volley, D Budge)

Tennis: Overhead Volley, A K Quist (colour litho)
8657502 Tennis: Overhead Volley, A K Quist (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Overhead Volley, A K Quist)

Tennis: Low Backhand Volley, J Yamagishi (colour litho)
8657500 Tennis: Low Backhand Volley, J Yamagishi (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Low Backhand Volley, J Yamagishi)

Tennis: Low Forehand Volley, Miss A M Yorke (colour litho)
8657497 Tennis: Low Forehand Volley, Miss A M Yorke (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Low Forehand Volley, Miss A M Yorke)

Tennis: Backhand Drive, F X Shields (colour litho)
8657490 Tennis: Backhand Drive, F X Shields (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Backhand Drive, F X Shields)

Tennis: Backhand Drive, Mrs J B Pittman (colour litho)
8657487 Tennis: Backhand Drive, Mrs J B Pittman (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Backhand Drive, Mrs J B Pittman)

Tennis: Backhand Drive, Miss N M Lyle (colour litho)
8657483 Tennis: Backhand Drive, Miss N M Lyle (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Backhand Drive, Miss N M Lyle)

Tennis: Forehand Drive, Mrs O'Meara (colour litho)
8657477 Tennis: Forehand Drive, Mrs O'Meara (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Forehand Drive, Mrs O'Meara)

Tennis: Backhand Drive, H W Austin (colour litho)
8657474 Tennis: Backhand Drive, H W Austin (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Backhand Drive, H W Austin)

Tennis: Forehand Drive, Mrs M R King (colour litho)
8657470 Tennis: Forehand Drive, Mrs M R King (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Forehand Drive, Mrs M R King)

Tennis: Service, Mrs E Fearnley-Whittingstall (colour litho)
8657468 Tennis: Service, Mrs E Fearnley-Whittingstall (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Service, Mrs E Fearnley-Whittingstall)

Tennis: Forehand Drive, Miss Mary Heeley (colour litho)
8657467 Tennis: Forehand Drive, Miss Mary Heeley (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Forehand Drive, Miss Mary Heeley)

Tennis: Return to Fast Service, W Allison (colour litho)
8657465 Tennis: Return to Fast Service, W Allison (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Return to Fast Service, W Allison)

Tennis: Service, Miss Joan Hartigan (colour litho)
8657464 Tennis: Service, Miss Joan Hartigan (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Service, Miss Joan Hartigan)

Pollard Willow, after 1804 (oil on paper, mounted on canvas)
XOS5879716 Pollard Willow, after 1804 (oil on paper, mounted on canvas) by Boquet, Pierre-Jean (1751-1857); 29.6x26.8 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Pierre Jean Boquet)

Shepherdess with Sheep, c.1876 (oil on wood panel)
XOS5882376 Shepherdess with Sheep, c.1876 (oil on wood panel) by Jacque, Charles Emile (1813-94); 31.5x46.2 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Charles-Emile Jacque)

July, 1893 (oil on canvas)
XOS5877501 July, 1893 (oil on canvas) by Bacher, Otto Henry (1856-1909); 90x57.5 cm; Cleveland Museum of Art, OH, USA; (add.info.: Painting by Otto H. Bacher)

Lustgarten / Pleasure Garden (colour litho)
8666141 Lustgarten / Pleasure Garden (colour litho) by Christophe (Colomb, Georges) (1856-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: Lustgarten)

The Pedlar (colour litho)
8674323 The Pedlar (colour litho) by Miles, Helen J.A. (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Pedlar. Illustration for Tiles from Dame Marjorie's Chimney Corner)

In Holland (colour litho)
8672724 In Holland (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: In Holland. Children in Holland playing by a dike)

Horses in a cornfield (colour litho)
8664196 Horses in a cornfield (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Horses in a cornfield)

The Rose of No Mans Land, c.1770-1959 (print)
3672060 The Rose of No Mans Land, c.1770-1959 (print) by Leo Feist, Inc. (1897-1934); Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois

The Fisherman, 1886 (painting)
7432268 The Fisherman, 1886 (painting) by Norregaard, Asta (1853-1933); Private Collection; (add.info.: Asta Norregaard (1853-1933)); Photo © O. Vaering

Rheola, Scene from the Drawing Room (w/c & pencil on paper)
NGW387999 Rheola, Scene from the Drawing Room (w/c & pencil on paper) by Hornor, Thomas (1785-1844); 17.6x27.5 cm; National Museum Wales; (add.info)

The Little Garden of Paradise, c.1410-20 (mixed media on oak)
7443779 The Little Garden of Paradise, c.1410-20 (mixed media on oak) by Upper Rheinish Master (fl.c.1410-35); Stadel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; (add.info.: By Upper Rhenish Master)

Memento Communist Sculpture Park, Budapest, Hungary, Europe

Roe deer (Capreolus capreolus) buck with well developed horns standing on garden lawn carpeted with Common daisies (Bellis perennis) and Buttercups (Ranunculus acris) near flowering Lupins (Lupinus)

Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queen about to land at her nest burrow in a garden lawn with loaded pollen sacs to provision grubs that will become future workers for her colony, Wiltshire

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"Lawns: A Tapestry of Nature and Culture" they have long been an integral part of our landscapes, offering a canvas for both natural beauty and human creativity. From the manicured lawns at The Esplanade in Lawns & Head, Bray, County Wicklow to the historic St Hildas College in Oxford captured in a timeless black and white photo, these green expanses hold stories that span generations. Traveling across continents, we find ourselves at Walpole/Strawberry Hill in the USA's Louisiana. Here, Oak Alley Plantation stands proudly with its colonial-style house surrounded by meticulously maintained lawns, and is a testament to the elegance and grandeur that can be achieved through landscape design. But they can not just reserved for grand estates; they also provide spaces for leisurely activities such as afternoon tea on a sunny day. An oil on canvas painting captures this idyllic scene perfectly - people gathered on a lush lawn enjoying their cups of tea amidst nature's embrace. Moving across borders once again, we arrive at The Grand and Metropole Hotels in Folkestone via a vibrant color photograph. These seaside establishments boast well-manicured lawns that invite guests to relax and soak up the coastal atmosphere. Nature finds its place within these carefully crafted landscapes too. A Siberian Husky joyfully runs through a garden, his paws leaving imprints on the velvety grass while Heath Robinson's whimsical cartoon reminds us of the playful side of lawn culture. The charm continues with picturesque cottages nestled amongst Warwickshire's rolling hills where pencil sketches come alive with watercolors showcasing quaint homes framed by verdant lawns - truly an artist's delight. Back to Oxford we go with Rhodes House standing tall against time captured beautifully in monochrome photography. Its sprawling lawn serves as an inviting space for contemplation or perhaps even lively debates among scholars. Even wildlife seeks solace on these emerald carpets.