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House, Chatsworth Road; No. 71, 'Wood Hill'; north '(garden') front.
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PhotographerChapman-Taylor, James Walter
DescriptionChapman-Taylor was particularly pleased with this picture; to quote from the client's booklet:-
"THE WHITE CLOUD
When after months of absorbing work the house was at last finished I went to take its photograph. And Nature (this time in helpful mood) put in the white cloud which was just the thing needed to make the picture opposite.
The house stands among dark birch trees but the sun swings high above them and ever and anon throws patches of shine and patches of shadow upon its walls and upon the grass in front just as we see in the picture on the page opposite and also in the end view.
Perhaps at this stage the house looks a little stark and bare in its simplicity and breadth of outline and detail. But a few years of gardening and growth of climbing plants upon its walls will soften its austerity and bind it to its surroundings. This is the proper way to attain that suavity, gaiety and yet dignity which a house should have. Often one sees the same end attempted by adding detail and ornament to the structure but the result is triviality and a parrot like copying of the detail belonging to a by-gone era."
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DescriptionChapman-Taylor was particularly pleased with this picture; to quote from the client's booklet:-"THE WHITE CLOUD
When after months of absorbing work the house was at last finished I went to take its photograph. And Nature (this time in helpful mood) put in the white cloud which was just the thing needed to make the picture opposite.
The house stands among dark birch trees but the sun swings high above them and ever and anon throws patches of shine and patches of shadow upon its walls and upon the grass in front just as we see in the picture on the page opposite and also in the end view.
Perhaps at this stage the house looks a little stark and bare in its simplicity and breadth of outline and detail. But a few years of gardening and growth of climbing plants upon its walls will soften its austerity and bind it to its surroundings. This is the proper way to attain that suavity, gaiety and yet dignity which a house should have. Often one sees the same end attempted by adding detail and ornament to the structure but the result is triviality and a parrot like copying of the detail belonging to a by-gone era."
Image darkened, and contrast reduced.
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