Abstract
The article offers an assessment of the impact of Italy upon Richard White (1800–1868), Viscount Berehaven and afterwards 2nd Earl of Bantry, and his plans for refining the setting of his Irish home. In so doing, it focuses attention on his last known journey over the Alps, undertaken in the winter of 1842–1843, immediately before he embarked on the radical transformation of his estate. Happily, it is the best documented of all his foreign trips thanks to the survival of a securely dated yet little-studied sketchbook carried with him on this particular tour, not to mention an overlooked travel diary kept by his wife, Lady Mary (1805–1853). Taken together, his images and her words not only reveal a shared fascination with the villas and parks of Italy but also provide an explanation for the aesthetic choices made in the design of the Italian Garden at Bantry House. More than that, their personal testimonies are valuable for the light that they shed on the wider question concerning the success of the Italian garden in the Victorian age.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 330-352 |
| Number of pages | 23 |
| Journal | Studies in the History of Gardens and Designed Landscapes |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 19 Aug 2020 |
Keywords
- Gardens
- Garden History
- Designed Landscapes
- Travel
- Italy
- Ireland
- 19th Century
- Ottocento
- Bantry
- Florence
- Rome
- Naples
- Pompeii
- Place Making
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