Book – Nature’s Favourite Child
The publication of Nature’s Favourite Child: Thomas Robins and the Art of the Georgian Garden by Cathryn Spence is a much anticipated anthology of Thomas Robins the Bath based artist whose beautiful, intriguing drawings and paintings provide an invaluable testament for 18th century gardens and landscapes, many in Avon. These include Ralph Allen’s Prior Park and Sham Castle, Peirce’s Lilliput Castle (now Battlefields) and John Wood’s South and North Parade gardens. Cathryn has included a mouth watering …