gertrude jekyll
gertrude jekyll was a british horticulturist, garden designer, craftswoman, photographer, writer and artist. she created over 400 gardens in the united kingdom, europe and the united states, and wrote over 1,000 articles for magazines such as country life and william robinson's the garden. jekyll has been described as "a premier influence in garden design" by british and american gardening enthusiasts. jekyll was born at 2 grafton street, mayfair, london, the fifth of the seven children of captain edward joseph hill jekyll, an officer in the grenadier guards, and his wife julia hammersley. he…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of gertrude jekyll's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
