The Claudians Chapter 12

Marriage In 1830 Loudon was invited to an At Home evening at which he could meet the author of The Mummy. It was in the house of a very famous landscape painter: John Martin. To Loudon’s amazement, the author was a young lady. He and Jane Webb were married in the autumn. She realised at once that her husband needed all the help she could give and their honeymoon was delayed until the following year.

Porchester Terrace: Loudons' Home -

London Fog - 

30 Allsop's Buildings -

John Martin wife and family -

Evenings at Home - 

Miss Landen, Miss Spence and Miss Webb - 

Jane Wells Webb Loudon - 

Lambeth Palace Garden - 

Martin’s illustrations for Paradise Lost - 

John Martin's plans for London - 

George and Mary Ann Paton - 

St Mary on Paddington Green - 

Felix Austin Crouching Venus - 

Nutts Bee Hive - 

Polish Bee Hive - 

Chapter index pages Introduction, Chapter 1: Somers and Buchanans, Chapter 2: Loudons, Chapter 3: Indian Mission, Chapter 4: Picturesque Gardens, Chapter 5: Farming Landscapes, Chapter 6: Prussian Gardens, Chapter 7: Russian Gardens, Chapter 8: Buchanan’s Destiny, Chapter 9: Italian Gardens, Chapter 10: Gardenesque Gardens, Chapter 11: Utilitarian Landscapes, Chapter 12: Marriage, Chapter 13: Landscape Architecture, Chapter 14: Family Reunion, Chapter 15: Loudon’s Zenith, Chapter 16: Valedictory, Afterword.