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Title: Letter to G. Jekyll from J.P. Gabbatt
Project: Durford Edge
Date: July 22, 1924
Creator: J.P. Gabbatt - client
Physical description: typescript
Dimensions: 10 x 8 inches
Note: The letter describes parts of the site with five corresponding photographs (see below). Because Jekyll did not make personal site visits for projects in her later years, she relied on site plans, descriptions (such as this one), and photographs from clients to create garden plans.
Letter to G. Jekyll from J.P. Gabbatt

Title: Photographs 1 - 5
Date: 1924
Physical description: photographs
Dimensions: 4 x 6 inches each
Note: These photographs show the site before Jekyll's garden plan and accompanied a written description of the site from the client (see "Letter to G. Jekyll from J.P. Gabbatt").
Photograph 1
Photograph 1 - Iris garden, back to top

Photograph 2
Photograph 2, back to top

Photograph 3
Photograph 3, back to top

Photograph 4
Photograph 4, back to top

Photograph 5
Photograph 5, back to top

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