Plantation Houses and Mansions of the Old South

Plantation Houses and Mansions of the Old SouthIn this profusely illustrated book the reader will "journey through a wide section of the South with an architect as companion: from Lexington to Nashville, then along the Natchez Trace and down the great Mississippi River to New Orleans, with little by way excursions to homes set back from the main highways." Embracing a variety of styles from pioneer cabins to French Provincial and Neoclassic revivals the houses described here recall a bygone era of

trickiness

and shades

These fine line drawings

to the collision

electrical engineer

sketches based

accurate dating can be achieved

Hailed by Darwin as "The Homer of Insects

Wagner's Teutonic forests and caves give Rackham free reign for his brooding

it's the perfect companion for artists seeking a guide to the variety of techniques and media for rendering their ideas on paper

208 illustrations

The most important work of American artist and illustrator Lynd Ward