Oxford LibGuides: Lancelot 'Capability' Brown: Capability Brown on the internet

Just for fun

Here's a couple of short films which give an entertaining introduction to Brown

The Life and Times of Capability Brown animated by Tim Britton
Everything you ever needed to know about the "greatest landscape gardener of all time" as seen by artist and animator Tim Britton. Published on YouTube by the National Trust
They call me Capability Brown
A five-minute film commissioned by the Capability Brown 300 festival from the Cosmic Carrot production company. Available from the festival website (link above) and YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQm3fCJqg1g

Capability Brown at Stowe
A film (1964) from the East Anglian Film Archive that focuses on the life and work of Capability Brown, particularly at Stowe.A number of other 18th century landscapes are also featured where Brown worked.

Capability Brown 300
Website of the Capability Brown Festival 2016. The festival aims to stimulate public interest in Capability Brown and the designed landscape heritage through events, research projects and property openings.
Accounts at Drummonds Bank
Digitised ledger pages of the bank accounts of Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown and his executors are available online for the first time thanks to the Royal Bank of Scotland. This is a key resource for Brown research
Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library
The Library holds the account book of Capability Brown. Digital reproductions are available in the RHS Lindley Library and the Library at Wisley.
Parks & Gardens UK
Project to bring together research on various Capability Brown sites, together with an interactive map, freely available articles and other resources and a 'site of the month' feature.
Capability Brown aerial photos
An interactive map from Historic England that enables you to zoom in on a site and view aerial photos.

Lancelot 'Capability' Brown: a research impact review
Review published in 2013 commissioned by English Heritage from the University of East Anglia Landscape Group. Reviews research to date on Capability Brown.
National Trust
Many Brown landscapes are now in the care of the National Trust, eg. Stowe, Croome, Wimpole. Check properties for information and events during 2016
England's places
Digitised version of the Architectural Red Box collection held by Historic England. Will contain photos of Brown landscapes